The United States had no involvement in an air strike on Iran's consular annex building in the Syrian capital, Damascus, that Tehran blamed on Israel, the White House said on April 2. "We had nothing to do with the strike in Damascus. We weren't involved in any way whatsoever," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told a briefing. Kirby dismissed as "nonsense" comments by Iran's foreign minister that the United States, Israel's main backer, bore responsibility for the attack, which killed seven members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
U.S. Says It Had 'Nothing To Do' With Strike On Iranian Consulate In Syria
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby (file photo)