Mohammad Ali Jafari, the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has denied claims by President Donald Trump that Iran was responsible for the missile that was launched into Saudi Arabia from Yemen over the weekend. After Saudi Arabia claimed that the Houthis fired a ballistic missile into a heavily populated area for the first time, Trump, while on tour in Asia, said, “A shot was just taken by Iran, in my opinion, at Saudi Arabia.”

Jafari said in response to questions by reporters Nov. 5, “Trump has made many unaccountable, false and untrue statements and this is also one of those accusations.” Jafari continued, “Shipping missiles to Yemen is not even possible and these missiles that are being launched belong to Yemen, which are rebuilt and have had their range increased to pursue revenge for the blood of their martyrs.”

When Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), backed by the United States, launched their war on Yemen in 2015, Iranian officials and media became more vocal in their support of the Houthis, who are formally called Ansar Allah and belong to the Zaidi sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.

While Jafari denied any involvement in the missile attack, conservative Iranian media appeared to be trying to ratchet up tensions. “Ansar Allah’s missile fires at Riyadh, the next target, Dubai,” was the headline of Kayhan’s top story Nov. 6. The article claimed that the Saudi princes who are currently involved in quarrels over the nation’s wealth will no longer have peace and quiet in their palaces and that the leaders of the UAE have learned they are next.