Iran says claims it is linked to Jordan drone attack, deaths of US soldiers are 'baseless'

Iran is claiming that accusations of its involvement in an attack that left three U.S. service members dead in Jordan over the weekend are "baseless." 

Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani also claimed that "resistance groups" in the region do not take orders from Iran, according to Reuters. 

The remarks come after three American service members were killed and other were wounded in a drone attack near the Syrian border over the weekend.

"While we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant...