| (VOI) -- The Iranian embassy in Baghdad on Thursday denied U.S. military officials' accusations that Iran supports the special groups in Iraq. "Iran denies the news reported by U.S. military officials regarding Iran's support to the special group," said a press release issued by the embassy and received by Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI). The announcement termed the U.S accusations as "lies and not grounded on proofs". The Iranian mission highlighted "the U.S charges aimed at festering ties betwen the two countries (Iraq and Iran)". The U.S. army in Iraq uses the term "special groups" to describe Shiite armed groups it believes trained and funded by Iran to attack U.S. troops in Iraq along with Iraqi forces. |