Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has denied responsibility for a drone attack on the US embassy in Riyadh on March 3, claiming it was carried out by Israel, The Caspian Post reports, citing Al Jazeera.

The statement came after The Wall Street Journal published a report saying the Iranian attack was more damaging than Saudi authorities acknowledged.

The Journal said while the Saudi Defence Ministry had described a limited fire and minor damage, the blaze had in fact burned for hours and caused extensive destruction.

The IRGC condemned the Journal’s report and claimed the attack “has absolutely nothing to do with the Iranian armed forces” and given the Israeli strategy in the region, it was “certainly carried out by Zionists”.