‘We asked the United States to step aside’, says Iran as the country prepares a response to a suspected Israeli attack on its consulate in Syria while Hezbollah, its main proxy in the Middle East, warned the Jewish state it’s prepared for war.
In a written message to Washington, ‘Iran warned the US not to get dragged into Netanyahu’s trap’ Mohammad Jamshidi, the Iranian president’s deputy chief of staff for political affairs, wrote on X, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The US should step aside so that you don’t get hit. ‘In response, the US asked Iran not to hit American targets’, Jamshidi said. The US hasn’t commented on the alleged message Iran had sent.
According to the media report, ‘The US is on high alert and is preparing for a “significant” response from Iran against Israeli or American targets in the region. The network cited an unnamed US official.
NBC, citing two unnamed US officials, said President Joe Biden’s administration is concerned any attack could be inside Israel, specifically against “military or intelligence targets, rather than civilians.”
The Biden administration did take the unusual step of communicating directly to Iran that the US was unaware Monday’s strike in Damascus would happen, Bloomberg reported. That suggested the US was trying to prevent its own forces and bases in the Middle East being attacked.
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