The United States has warned Iran not to retaliate against it for an attack on Iran’s embassy compound in Syria, telling the UN Security Council it had no prior warning of the strike that Tehran has blamed on Washington’s ally Israel, Reuters reports.

“We will not hesitate to defend our personnel and repeat our prior warnings to Iran and its proxies not to take advantage of the situation — again, an attack in which we had no involvement or advanced knowledge — to resume their attacks on US personnel,” said deputy US Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood.

Iran told the 15-member UNSC that it reserves the right “to take a decisive response” to the attack, accusing Israel of violating the founding UN Charter, international law, and the inviolability of diplomatic and consular premises.

“The United States is responsible for all crimes committed by the Israeli regime,” said Iran’s deputy UN Ambassador Zahra Ershadi, accusing the US of trying to destabilise Syria and the region and calling it out for supporting Israel in its offensive against Hamas. Ershadi called on the UNSC to condemn the attack on Iran’s diplomatic premises in Damascus.