Turkish, Jordanian and Iraqi officials said Sunday that Iran had warned days earlier it would attack with drones and missiles. Israelwhich avoided mass casualties and unbridled escalation, but a US official denied this.

Most of the hundreds of drones and missiles launched by Iran in the retaliatory attack were shot down before reaching the territory. IsraelYes, although the girl was seriously injured, and the region is still ready for a new escalation.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Sunday that Iran had warned neighboring countries and the United States, Iran’s ally. Israelwith 72 hours’ notice that they would launch an attack, a measure that would allow them to largely prevent an attack.

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said it spoke to both Washington and Tehran before the attack, adding that it was communicating messages as an intermediary to ensure the response was proportionate.

“Iran stated that such a reaction would be a response to the attack. Israel against his embassy in Damascus and that he would not go further. We knew about the possibilities. The development was not a surprise,” a Turkish diplomatic source said.

However, a senior official in US President Joe Biden’s administration denied Amirabdollahian’s claim, saying Washington had been in contact with Iran through Swiss intermediaries but had not received 72 hours’ notice.

“This is an absolute lie,” the official said. “They didn’t give any notice and didn’t give any hint (…) ‘these will be targets, so evacuate them.’

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Tehran sent the message to the United States only after the attacks began, and it was meant to be “extremely damaging,” the official said, suggesting Iran said it gave the notice to cover up embarrassment over the failure of the attack. .

However, Iraqi, Turkish and Jordanian officials said Iran had warned of the attack, including some details.

An attack by drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles could cause huge casualties and trigger a massive retaliatory strike. IsraelUSA and Americans, which could lead to a regional fire.

US officials said on Friday and Saturday they expected an attack was imminent and urged Iran not to do so, with Biden briefly saying his only message to Tehran was: “Don’t do it.”

Two Iraqi sources, including a government security adviser and a security official, said Iran used diplomatic channels to inform Baghdad of the attack at least three days before it took place.

The exact timing of the attack was not disclosed at the time, but was communicated to Iraqi military and security officials hours before the attacks, allowing Baghdad to close its airspace and prevent deadly incidents.

“The government clearly understood from Iranian officials that the US military in Iraq also had prior knowledge of the attack,” an Iraqi security official said.

A senior Jordanian official said Iran had summoned Arab envoys to Tehran on Wednesday to inform them of its intention to carry out an attack, although he did not specify a time frame.

When asked whether Iran had also provided detailed information about the targets and type of weapons that would be used, the Jordanian source did not answer directly, but hinted that it had.

An Iranian source briefed on the matter said Iran had informed the United States through diplomatic channels, including Qatar, Turkey and Switzerland, of the planned day of the attack, assuring it would be carried out in a manner that would not provoke a response. (Reuters).