<span style="color: #222222;">Iran has dismissed US accusations that it was behind drone attacks on Saudi oil installations, suggesting the United States was seeking a pretext to retaliate against the Islamic republic.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi in a statement in Tehran said today that such fruitless and blind accusations  are incomprehensible and meaningless. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned Iran after Saturday's attacks, which knocked out half of Saudi Arabia's oil production.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Yemen's Iran-aligned Shiite Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the drone strikes, but Pompeo said, there is no evidence the attacks came from Yemen.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mousavi said, the US allegations over the pre-dawn strikes on Abqaiq and Khurais in Eastern Province were meant to justify actions against Iran. <br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Tehran and Washington have been at loggerheads since May last year when President Donald Trump pulled out of a 2015 deal that promised Iran relief from sanctions in return for curbs on its nuclear programme. </span><br />''  <br />