‘Limited, demonstration attacks’: Western leaders urge restraint after alleged Israeli strike on Iran

Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation - a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war. The limited scale of the attack and Iran's muted response both appeared to signal a successful effort by diplomats who have been working round the clock to avert all-out war since an Iranian drone and missile attack on Israel last Saturday. For more, FRANCE 24's Alison Sargent is joined by Scott Lucas, Professor of American Studies and International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin.