Guards chief rejects Trump 'slander' that Iran behind missile at Saudi capital
DUBAI - The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards denied on Sunday accusations by Donald Trump that Iran was behind the firing of a ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia from warring Yemen, rejecting it as one of the US president's "slanders."
Saudi Arabia's air defenses intercepted the missile, bringing it down near the capital Riyadh's airport on Saturday and it did not cause any casualties, state news agencies reported.
"A shot was just taken by Iran, in my opinion, at Saudi Arabia ... and our system knocked the missile out of the air" Trump told reporters on Air Force One en route to Tokyo.
But Mohammad Ali Jafari, head of the Revolutionary Guards who are in charge of Iran's missile program, said: "Mr Trump has said many baseless things and told many lies and frequently falsely accused Iran and this one of those slanders," Iran's state news agency IRNA reported.
"We do not have even the possibility to transfer missiles to Yemen. The missiles belong to them and they have increased their range," Jafari added.
