Iran prevents drone assaults on military facility in Isfahan

The Iranian defence ministry claims that a loud explosion reported in Isfahan was brought on by “failed” drone attacks.

The central Iranian city of Isfahan has been the target of multiple drone assaults, according to the Iranian defence ministry.

According to a statement made by the ministry early on Sunday, there were no injuries during the strikes.

According to an IRNA statement, “one of [the drones] was hit by the… air defence and the other two were captured in defence traps and exploded up.”Fortunately, no lives were lost during this attempted attack, though the roof of the workshop did sustain some minor damage.

The identity of the person accused of carrying out the attack was not disclosed by the government.

The declaration was made shortly after a loud explosion in Isfahan was reported by Iranian media.

Video of a burst of light at the plant—reportedly an ammunition factory—as well as images of emergency cars and fire trucks outside the building were released by news organisations.

The attack “has not damaged our installations and mission,” according to the ministry, and “such blind actions will not have an impact on the continuation of the country’s progress.”

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As news of the drone strikes in Isfahan spread, Iran’s official television reported that a fire had started at an oil refinery in an industrial area close to the city of Tabriz in the northwest.

It stated that the reason was yet unknown and displayed video of firefighters putting out the fire.

In recent years, there have been a number of explosions and fires close to Iranian industrial, nuclear, and military sites.

They occur in the midst of an ongoing covert conflict between Iran and Israel.

The disagreement between the two nations centres on Tehran’s nuclear programme.

Iran denies Israel’s accusation that it is aiming to develop nuclear weapons.

Iran announced in July last year that it had detained a group of Kurdish rebels working for Israel who were planning to blow up a “sensitive” defence industrial facility in Isfahan.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran’s senior nuclear scientist, was assassinated in 2020, and a strike on its underground Natanz nuclear facility in April 2021 destroyed its centrifuges. Iran also attributed these events to Israel.

Israel has not admitted carrying out the assault.

The Israeli authorities hardly ever recognise actions carried out by their Mossad intelligence service or covert military formations.

SOURCE: NEWS AGENCIES