Eyewitness footage shot on Friday showed military personnel and tanks on guard at a nuclear facility in Iran's Isfahan province following an alleged attack by Israel on the country, in the latest tit-for-tat exchange between the two arch foes.

Iranian media reported explosions, but an Iranian official told Reuters those were caused by air defence systems. State media said three drones over the central city of Isfahan had been shot down.

"That seems to indicate that Iran is seeking to step down off the ledge, minimize the impact of the attack, and perhaps walk back down the escalation ladder from here," Jonathan Lord, the senior fellow and director of the Middle East security program at the Center for a New American Security, said on Friday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed on Friday there was no damage to Iran's nuclear sites in the reported attack. The agency is continuing to monitor the situation very closely and stressed that nuclear facilities should never be a target in military conflicts, it said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

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