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UK Ministry of Defence has yet to confirm who exactly attacked RAF Akrotiri, as far as I'm aware. They've simply stated it was not from Iran.
With friends like these, ey?
The talk in Cyprus and Greece is that the drones were not launched from Iran. Media are stating that the original drones launched from Lebanon (blaming Hezbollah). This is a baseless claim, as not even the governments have confirmed it.
In fact yesterday there was a big scuffle on Greek TV when a prominent talk host stated that the drones launched from Lebanon, which was loudly disputed by a guest analyst. They got into a fight over who is spreading misinformation (here is the video, but it is in Greek: https://youtu.be/3lmKpLug5Lg)