The United States has warned Iran not to use the Israeli strike in Damascus earlier this week as “a pretext to attack US personnel and facilities,” a State Department spokesperson told CNN on Friday, APA reports citing CNN.
The warning was sent in response to a message from Iran, the spokesperson said, without providing details about the contents of the Iranian message.
“As Iran noted publicly, we received a message from them,” the spokesperson said. “We responded by warning Iran not to use this as a pretext to attack US personnel and facilities. We did not ‘ask.’”
The spokesperson did not provide further information about the US response or how it was conveyed to Iran.
A senior administration official described the US’ warning to Iran as: “Don’t think about coming after us.”
That official told CNN that the US is on high alert and actively preparing for a “significant” attack by Iran that could come as soon as within the next week, targeting Israeli or American assets in the region in response to Monday’s strike that killed top Iranian commanders.
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