Dalam penjelasan, AS menuduh bahwa pasukan keamanan Iran yang mengirimkan senjata-senjata jenis tersebut ke Irak  dengan sasaran pasukan pemerintah Irak dan AS atas perintah dari pejabat tingkat tertinggi di Teheran, laporan the Washington Post.
During the briefing, the US alleged that Iranian security forces were sending such the arms into Iraq to target US and Iraqi government forces on order from the highest levels in Tehran, the Washington Post reported.