(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The United States had contact with Iran through Swiss intermediaries both before and after Tehran's mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory, a senior Biden administration official said on Sunday.
This content was published on April 15, 2024 - 09:50 1 minute Reuters
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The official declined to provide details on the contact, saying only that the US and Iran had“a series of direct communications through the Swiss channel”.
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Asked about comments by Iran's foreign minister that Tehran had given regional countries 72 hours' notice of the attacks, the official said that was not true.
“They did not give a notification,” the official said.“They were clearly intending to destroy and to cause casualties.”
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