Iran's foreign ministry rejected on Monday (Dec 25) as "worthless" Washington's claims that a drone attack targeting a tanker off the coast of India was "fired from Iran". Saturday's targeting of a Japanese-owned chemical tanker came amid a flurry of drone and missile attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, where Israel is battling Hamas militants. The Pentagon later openly accused Tehran of the attack. "We declare these claims as completely rejected and worthless," said foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani when asked about the US accusations. "Such ... (full story)