The United States has issued a warning to Iran, cautioning it not to use the Damascus attack as a pretext to attack US personnel and facilities, a State Department spokesperson told CNN on Friday.

"As Iran noted publicly, we received a message from them," the spokesperson stated. "We responded by warning Iran not to use this as a pretext to attack US personnel and facilities."

The cautionary statement comes after the Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria's capital, Damascus, which killed at least seven Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military advisors, including Generals Mohammad Reza Zahedi and Mohammad Hadi Haj Rahimi.