India, March 15 -- Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday said Tehran was ready to investigate the strikes on civilian areas in West Asian countries, while denying that they had struck any targets other than US bases and installations.

In an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed website, Araghchi blamed the US and Israel for these attacks.

"The Americans have built a drone similar to our Shahed drone, called "Lucas," which is completely similar, and through it targets in Arab countries are being attacked," the foreign minister said. According to a message he shared on Telegram, he told Al-Jadeed that Israel may also be "behind attacks on civilian targets in Arab countries in order to damage (their) relations with Iran."

"We are ...