US secretary of state condemns airstrike in Iran; discussion ‘leans more towards infiltration than attack’ says anonymous Iranian official

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the US played no role in an Israeli drone strike on Iran that was retaliation for last week’s Iranian strike on Israel. Speaking at a news conference in Capri during a Group of Seven (G7) ministerial meeting, Mr Blinken repeatedly declined to answer questions about the Israeli strike.

Israel launched a targeted airstrike near an Iranian military airbase overnight, as a retaliatory act to Iran’s aerial attacks that occurred less than a week ago.

Antony Blinken says Washington was not involved in any offensive operation, as Iran downplays reports of attack.

Tehran forced to activate air defence system above Isfahan, home of sites linked to nuclear programme, as result of attack

Iran’s supreme leader has dismissed any discussion of whether Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel hit anything there

The limited scale of the attack and Iran's muted response appeared to signal a successful effort by diplomats who have been working to avert all-out war since an Iranian drone and missile attack on Israel last Saturday.

Biden gets the restraint he wanted, but Tehran’s menace persists, especially its nuclear program.

Israel launched a retaliatory strike against a site in Iran early Friday morning local time, U.S. officials confirmed to several media outlets, though an Iranian official has downplayed the attack as a “failed and humiliating” drone strike.

By Parisa Hafezi and James Mackenzie DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources said was an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation - a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.