"It seems that the American media have been dreaming of an Israeli attack on Iran," Hossein Dalirian, spokesman for the Iranian Space Agency, posted on social media Friday morning after explosions were reported near the city of Isfahan.
He added that Iranian air defense systems had shot down three small drones that morning. "Nowhere in the world would this be called an attack," the post said.
Earlier, US broadcasters CNN and CBS News had reported, citing a high-ranking US government representative, that Israel had carried out a military strike in Iran.
The purported strike on Friday was in response to Iran's drone and missile attack on Israel last weekend, the Washington Post reported, quoting an unnamed Israeli government official.
In retaliation for a missile attack on an Iranian consulate building in Damascus, Iran attacked Israel with hundreds of drones and missiles on April 14. According to Israeli reports, almost all the drones........