Italy Reveals US Was Informed at Last Minute of Israel’s Attack on Iran

CNN Indonesia

Saturday, 20 April 2024 18:22 IWST

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —

United States of America called to get that information Israel wanting to attack Iran Last Friday (19/4), just a few minutes before the attack was launched.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that Washington received the news just a few minutes before the attack and did not provide details.

“The United States was informed at the last minute (about the attack launched),” said Tajani, who held the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Capri, on Friday (19/4).

Meanwhile US Secretary of State Antony Blinken refused to comment on the Zionist attack on Iran.

Blinken said only that Washington was not involved in any offensive activity.

“I will not talk about this incident. I can say that we and all the G7 members are aiming for de-escalation,” Blinken said at a press conference, as reported by AFP.

Israel’s attack on Iran on Friday drew the world’s attention, prompting the G7 to change the agenda of its meeting that day to respond.

In a joint statement, the G7 foreign ministers urged all parties to prevent further escalation.

Israel launched three drones at an Iranian military base in the city of Isfahan on Friday, despite warnings from the West not to escalate tensions in the Middle East.

This Israeli attack followed the Iranian attack on April 13 that fired hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel in response to the Zionist attack on Tehran’s embassy in Damascus, Syria, last April 1.

Israel is still attacking Iran even though Tehran has promised to attack violently if Israel wants to attack back.

So far, Tehran has not taken the drone attacks seriously. Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, did not want to be disturbed by the attack because according to him it was only “a toy that children usually play with.” “

“What happened last night was not an attack. It was more like a toy that our children were playing with. It was not a drone (attack),” Amirabdollahian said in an interview with NBC News, Friday.

(blq/agt)