<p>Washington: The United States had contact with Iran through Swiss intermediaries both before and after Tehran's mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory overnight, a senior Biden administration official said on Sunday.</p><p>The official declined to provide details on the contact, saying only that the US and Iran had "a series of direct communications through the Swiss channel."</p><p>Asked about comments by Iran's foreign minister that Tehran had given regional countries 72 hours notice of the attacks, the official said that was not true.</p><p>"They did not give a notification," the official said. "They were clearly intending to destroy and to cause casualties." </p>
<p>Washington: The United States had contact with Iran through Swiss intermediaries both before and after Tehran's mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory overnight, a senior Biden administration official said on Sunday.</p><p>The official declined to provide details on the contact, saying only that the US and Iran had "a series of direct communications through the Swiss channel."</p><p>Asked about comments by Iran's foreign minister that Tehran had given regional countries 72 hours notice of the attacks, the official said that was not true.</p><p>"They did not give a notification," the official said. "They were clearly intending to destroy and to cause casualties." </p>