Iranian Intelligence Minister Ismail Khatib announced today, Monday, that armed groups allied with Iran in the region are responding to "American aggressors" according to their assessment, following the deaths of three American soldiers in attacks on U.S. bases in Jordan. In his statements to Iranian state television, Khatib used the term "Axis of Resistance," which refers to a loose alliance that includes the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Shiite armed groups across the region confronting Israel and its Western allies militarily.