Explosions were reported at an Iranian airport, south of Tehran, on Thursday following the attack on Israel. The officials did not give relevance to the event.
He Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, gave a speech this Friday and did not mention the explosions recorded a few hours earlier in the country. According to US sources, Israeli missiles hit Isfahan in response to Iran attack against their territory last week.
Before a crowd gathered in the Damghan townin the northeast of the country, Raisi briefly mentioned the tense context he is experiencing Half East After the Islamic Republic will shoot drones and missiles against Israel on April 13.
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The operation carried out on Saturday night “reflected our authority, the iron will of our people and our unity,” Raisi declared. And he added: “All sectors of the population and all political tendencies agree that The operation has reinforced the strength and authority of the Islamic Republic“.
However, during his speech, the president did not make any reference to the explosions that occurred. near the city of Isfahanwhich senior American officials, cited by the media, attributed to an Israeli attack.
Israel attacked Iran with missiles, according to US sources
The Iranian Fars news agency warned on Thursday about an explosion at an airport in the Iranian city of Isfahan, but did not provide much information about it. As later reported ABC News, citing a US official, it was an attack carried out by an Israeli missile. However, Iranian officials denied those statements.
“The reports from the American media are not correct,” declared the spokesperson for the Iranian space agency, Hossein Dalirian. “So far there have been no air strikes from outside the borders against Isfahan or other parts of the country,” the official said, denying the existence of an Israeli attack on Iranian territory.
“The burst today in the sky over Isfahan was related to the firing of anti-aircraft defense against a suspicious object which did not cause any accident or damage,” explained the Army Commander-in-Chief Abdolrahim Mousaviaccording to the Tasnim news agency.
Source: Ambito
