Intel: Why Iran is blaming the US for Khashoggi’s death after three weeks of silence

For the first time since the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi hit world headlines, Iran's president came out in condemnation today. "No one would have expected that such a coordinated murder could take place in our times," Hassan Rouhani told a Cabinet meeting in Tehran.

Rouhani demanded that Turkey shed light on all the "angles" of the "crime.” More significantly, the Iranian president blamed Washington for standing behind Riyadh. "I don't think that any country would dare do such a thing without US backing," he said in comments broadcast on state television.