The White House confirmed today, Thursday, that US President Joe Biden delivered a direct message to Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei, warning against targeting American soldiers in the region, after American forces were attacked in Iraq and Syria.

White House spokesman John Kirby said in a press briefing: “The message was conveyed directly.” He did not go into details.

Kirby's statements came at a time when American officials are still concerned about the expansion of the conflict in the Middle East after the attack by Hamas militants, on October 7, on Israel, with the US Department of Defense, the Pentagon, intensifying surveillance and publishing it. Additional military assets and personnel in the area.

The Pentagon said on Tuesday that American forces were attacked more than ten times in Iraq and Syria during the past week.

President Biden said yesterday, Wednesday, that he warned Khamenei that the United States would respond if American forces continued to be targeted, but he did not specify how he conveyed the message.

The US President said, in a press conference: “My warning to the Ayatollah is that if they continue to move against those forces, we will respond, and he must prepare.” “It has nothing to do with Israel.”

Iran commented on Biden's warning; Mohammad Jamshidi, the official in charge of political affairs in the Iranian president’s office, said, “The American messages were not addressing the Iranian leader (Ali Khamenei), and did not include anything other than a request from Iran.”

The Iranian official wrote, in a post on the “X (formerly Twitter)” platform: “If Biden believes that he has issued a warning to Iran, he should ask his team to show him the final text of the messages.”

The official IRNA news agency reported, citing an informed source, that Washington urged Iran and the “resistance” groups to exercise “restraint,” adding that Iran “explicitly said that the (resistance) groups in the region operate independently.”

The source said: “There are two letters so far sent from America to Iran, and dozens of letters from America and some Western countries to (resistance) groups in the region, especially the Lebanese Hezbollah.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told the United Nations General Assembly that Washington “is not in a position to call on others to exercise restraint and not expand the scope of the war,” warning of “uncontrollable consequences.” Because of what he described as American logistical support.

Earlier today, The Washington Post revealed that Biden is under increasing pressure to strike Iranian proxies, after several attacks on American forces in Syria and Iraq.

It quoted American officials, whose identities were not revealed, that Biden is considering striking groups linked to Iran if American forces are attacked in Syria and Iraq.