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Iran has indicated it has no plans for retaliation as it played down a strike by Israel after Tehran's unprecedented missile-and-drone assault on the…

Israel has launched an attack against Iran in retaliation to a drone and missile strike launched against it on Saturday.

The city of Isfahan has been targeted in an Israeli strike in retaliation for the barrage of missiles and drones that Iran unleashed at the weekend.

Israel threatened a retaliation, and it came before dawn on Friday morning.

If this Israeli attack on Iran is no more than it presently appears to be, then it is rather well modulated.