The facility did not have a license to operate as a guesthouse, nor did they have a fire-fighting plan
“This crime is a continuation of the plots of the regional states that are puppets of the United States, and their goal is to create insecurity in our dear country,” Khamenei said in a statement published on his website.
He did not name the states, but US allies in the region include Iran’s arch-foe Israel and also the Arab Gulf states, especially Saudi Arabia.