A senior Iranian foreign official has dismissed the weapons fired against the country by neighboring Israel as “toys” and said there are no plans to retaliate.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian downplayed the Israeli attack in an interview on Friday, hours after the impact.
“What happened last night was not a strike,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian told NBC News. “They weren’t drones, they were more like toys for children to play with.”
Iranian president makes no mention of Israeli airstrike despite threat of total destruction
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian pictured during a meeting at United Nations Headquarters. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
“We will not mount any new reaction unless there is new adventurism by Israel that is against our interests,” he added.
Amir Abdullahian also said that the Iranian government was not completely convinced that the attack came from Israel, but could not offer an alternative theory.
“If Israel takes decisive action against our country and it is proven to us, we will immediately respond with the utmost force and make Israel regret it,” he said.
Iran’s ‘nuclear energy mountain’ is ‘completely safe’ after Israel attack: state media
This satellite image provided by Planet Labs PBC shows Iran’s nuclear facility in Isfahan, Iran. Iran attacked a major air base near the central city of Isfahan early Friday after discovering drones it said were part of an attack by Israel in retaliation for an unprecedented drone and missile attack on Iran. Air defense fire was fired at nuclear facilities. . (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
Israel carried out limited strikes in Iran early Friday in retaliation for barrage by the Iranian government. missiles and drones in Israel last Saturday. A leading military official told Fox News that the attack was “limited.”
There were no reports of large-scale damage or casualties.
The explosion was reported in Isfahan province. Iranian nuclear facilities, It is located.
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A vehicle passes an anti-Israel banner showing a missile launch in a downtown square in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
After the attack, Iranian state media said the country’s nuclear facilities were “completely safe” and had not been hit by missiles.
International Atomic Energy Agency, United Nations affiliates The monitoring organization later confirmed that there was “no damage to Iran’s nuclear facilities.”
