The Hammers were on the cusp of their first away win since the opening game of the 2009-10 campaign after second-half goals from Frederic Piquionne and Valon Behrami put them in the clear.
But the East Londoners surrendered their two-goal advantage as Liam Ridgewell rescued a point for the Blues after Cameron Jerome had given the Midlanders a lifeline.
Grant focused his post-match interview on official Oliver, who failed to give the visitors a penalty late on when Lars Jacobsen had his shirt pulled in the box by City substitute Jean Beausejour.
The Hammers boss told Sky Sports after the game: "I don't like to talk about referees but it's happened against Wolves, Aston Villa Bolton and now and it has cost us two points. It's a farce."
West Ham remain bottom of the table but Grant insists he is pleased with the way his side are playing after seeing them dominate Birmingham for the first hour of Saturday's game.
And the Iron boss was keen to praise striker Carlton Cole, who was restored to the first team at St Andrews and proved a real menace to City's backline all afternoon.
"Coley was great," added the Israeli tactician. "He was unlucky from Foster's save (in the first half). He is in good shape now, he's trying hard in training and you can see he is a striker who causes the other teams lots of problems."
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