Iran denied on Monday that its military launched drones or missiles toward Azerbaijan, Türkiye or Cyprus last week.
Al Jazeera quoted Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei as saying that “no offensives were initiated from Iranian territory” against these countries.
He also suggested some of the reported attacks may have been “staged”, saying “we have warned repeatedly that the enemy may stage certain attacks to drive a wedge between us and other countries.”
A British military base in Cyprus was hit by a drone strike on March 2, prompting several European nations to dispatch warships to protect the island. Days later, NATO air defenses intercepted what the alliance described as an Iranian ballistic missile heading toward Türkiye. On March 5, drone strikes hit near the airport and a local school in Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan exclave. Iran denied launching the drones, indicating that it could have been an Israeli false-flag operation.
The U.S. and Israel launched what they described as a pre-emptive strike against Iran on February 28, claiming that Tehran was developing a nuclear weapon and posing a threat—an allegation Iran has denied. In response, Iran launched counterattacks, firing missiles and drones at Israel, as well as at U.S. assets and other targets across the Middle East.
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