Friday’s attack on Isfahan was not conducted by Israel and the weapons involved were mere ‘toys’, according to Iran’s foreign minister.

“Last night was not a strike… [it was] more like toys that our children play with - not drones.” said Hossein Amirabdollahian, Iran’s foreign minister, speaking with NBC News in New York, where he was attending a UN Security council session.

Israel launched a retaliatory strike against Iran on April 19, with explosions reported near a military base in the central city of Isfahan. 

Amirabdollahian also said that Iran did not intend on responding unless there was a significant attack by Israel, warning that “if Israel takes a decisive action against my country” the Iranian response “will be immediate and to the maximum and will cause them to regret it.”

The recent heightening of tensions between Israel and Iran began after an Israeli strike on an Iranian consulate in Syria on April 1, and the subsequent attack from Iran on April 13, which involved more than 300 drones and missiles.

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