The United States considered the accusations of the clerical regime about the assassination of one of its nuclear scientist as a tactic to “distract attention” from its contested nuclear program.
The State Department’s spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told a press briefing: “It’s frequent practice for Tehran to accuse the West for these kinds of incidents, and we hope that Tehran is not planning to use this incident to distract attention from what it needs to do, which is to come back into compliance with international obligations,” State Department’s website reported.
