The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported that Iran's foreign ministry,which summoned the ambassador, had told the envoy that Iran was not pursuing war with the United States.
Separately, IRNA quoted Mohsen Baharvand, director of the Iranian foreign ministry department for the Americas, as saying: "If the side facing us take provocative and unthought-out actions, they will receive a reciprocal response whose consequences are unpredictable, and the loss and damage of it will be on all sides."