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Country’s leaders took time to weigh response to Iran’s strike under gaze of allies urging restraint
Just before dawn on Friday morning the explosions of air defence systems woke Iranians across the historic city of Isfahan. Breaking news alerts that followed roused people from their sleep around the world, to worry that the region had moved a step closer to full-blown conflict.
There was little doubt who had launched the attack, even before any details of what happened were clear. It came just days after an unprecedented barrage of Iranian drones and missiles were aimed directly at Israel, whose government had vowed it would respond.
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