Iran’s top diplomat said his country has told the United States that it is not seeking escalation after an unprecedented attack on Israel. Reuters reports.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who is in New York to attend a UN Security Council meeting, said his country has “tried to tell the United States clearly” that Iran is “not looking for the expansion of tension in the region,” he said in a video posted by his ministry.

Iran informed the United States that the decision by the Islamic Republic of Iran to “respond to the (Israel) regime is final,” and the matter concluded, he said.

“Before the operation, we clearly told the American side that we will not target American bases and interests in the region,” Amir-Abdollahian said.