The United States on Saturday condemned Iran's drone strikes earlier this week on an Azerbaijan border region, describing the attack as a "needless escalation" of aggression by Tehran during the Middle East war.The State Department said Thursday's "unprovoked drone attack" targeted an airport and school in Azerbaijan's exclave of Nakhchivan bordering Iran, and that innocent civilians were injured.
"These strikes are a flagrant violation of Azerbaijan's sovereignty and a needless escalation of Iran's aggression," State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a statement, adding that attacks on American partners in the region "are unacceptable and will be met with resolute US support for those partners."
