The US disputes Iran’s claims and urges Israel to be cautious

Iran reportedly sent waves of missiles and drones toward Israel on April 14 in response to an attack that Iranian leaders say was carried out by Israel on the Iranian consulate in Syria in early April. However, only just a few of those weapons were able to breach Israel’s Iron Dome defenses, and those who did caused only minor damage. Iran has said it warned the United States, a key ally of Israel, of the attack, but U.S. officials dispute those claims.

As stated, tensions between Israel and Iran has only intensified for the reason that October 7 Hamas attack, largely driven by Iraq’s belief that Israel must end the war it’s waging in Gaza. The conflict reached a boiling point after an alleged attack by Israeli forces on the Iranian consulate constructing was met with threats of a substantive response from Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni and President Ebrahim Rasi, in addition to the Iran-backed Syrian militant group Hezbollah. .

Reuters reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told reporters that warned their neighboring countries and the United States of their attack, and a source within the Turkish Foreign Ministry told the outlet that that they had, as an intermediary, passed on the messages to each Israel and the United States. “Iran said the response would be in response to Israel’s attack on its embassy in Damascus and that it will not transcend that. We were aware of the chances. The development of the situation was not a surprise,” the source said.

An anonymous senior Biden administration official denied Amir-Abdollahian’s statement, telling Reuters: “It’s absolutely not true. They didn’t notify or give any premonition… “these will be targets, so they should be evacuated.” The official indicated that the United States contacted intermediaries in Switzerland but only received word from Tehran, the US capital of Iran, after the attacks began.

“We received a message from the Iranians, through the Swiss, during this case.” The official said: “It basically suggested that the operations had ended after that, but it was still a sustained attack. That was (their) message to us.”

However, officials from Jordan, Turkey and Iraq said Iran provided warnings of an attack throughout the week of April 8, providing some details about their planned attack on Israel. On April 12 and 13, U.S. officials said they expected an attack from Iran, and President Joe Biden issued a one-word message to Iran: “Don’t do it.”

Despite this transient warning and the dissemination of an announcement by National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson declaring U.S. support for Israel’s defense and security, the United States has not declared any military support for Israel.

As we’ve got reported, each publicly and privately, President Biden urged Israel to exercise restraint in hopes of avoiding a serious conflict within the Middle East. According to a U.S. official who was granted anonymity to discuss closed-door diplomacy, the hope is that if Israel responds, it’ll end the conflict. “We advise them to take a breath before responding,” the official said. If Israel does respond, “it must be proportionate and end this cycle.”

also reported that while Biden was more critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli offensive in Gaza, he didn’t mention that Israel’s alleged attack on the Iranian consulate had left some officials frustrated because, while targeting Iranian military leaders, they attacked the diplomatic constructing to achieve this. According to one other senior US official, the one one that might want war is Netanyahu, whom he called by his nickname Bibi. “No one, except maybe Bibi, wants this to get out of hand.”

Meanwhile, Iranian leaders have indicated that if Israel doesn’t respond, its acts of aggression will be carried out. Amir-Abdollahian issued an announcement saying Iran would only defend itself if crucial. “At this point, the Islamic Republic of Iran has no intention of continuing defensive operations, but will not hesitate to protect its legitimate interests against any new aggression if necessary.”