Iran rejects accusation of link to violent protests at U.S. embassy in Iraq

Iran's Foreign Ministry denied Tehran was behind violent protests at the U.S. embassy in Iraq on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said the country was "orchestrating" an attack on the mission.

"America has the surprising audacity of attributing to Iran the protests of the Iraqi people against (Washington's) savage killing of at least 25 Iraqis...," Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said in a statement carried on a ministry website.