Iran hit back at US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday over his allegation that the Islamic republic could have been behind a suicide attack at a shopping mall in Israel. âThe declaration by Rumsfeld is aimed at trying to cover up the failure of the United States in the region,â Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said in a statement. According to Asefi, at fault were âclumsy and ill-thought out actions by the United States in its fight against terrorism,â which had only resulted in âattacks and the deaths of innocent peopleâ. âAmericaâs leaders see the world through Israeli eyes and cannot correctly analyze the global situation. You have to look for the center of terrorism at the heart of the Zionist regime,â the statement said. On Tuesday, top US officials, including Rumsfeld, pointed fingers at both Syria and Iran as they denounced the deadly bombing in Netanya â the first such attack inside the Jewish state in four and a half months. âI wouldnât want to suggest that I know about the attack today, but clearly thatâs been one of the stated and continuous purposes of Iran, to harm Israel,â said Rumsfeld.