After Iran attacked Israel, the country is now reporting an explosion near the metropolis of Isfahan. Is this Netanyahu’s retaliation? Media reports from Iran and the USA contradict each other.
Iran has no immediate plans to retaliate, according to a senior official. According to his account, it is not yet clear who is behind the incident. “The foreign source of the incident has not been confirmed,” the Iranian official, who did not want to be named, told Reuters on Friday. There was no “external attack” on Iran, he added. “The discussion tends more towards infiltration than attack.”
“Three explosions” were heard near the Shekari air base in the northwest of Isfahan province, the Iranian Fars news agency reported. According to the information, there was no major damage. A spokesman for Iran’s space agency said several drones had been “successfully shot down.” There was initially no information about a rocket attack. According to US media, it was an Israeli retaliatory attack after Iran’s attack last weekend.
According to state media, air defenses were activated in several provinces of Iran and operations were suspended at several airports. The Mehr news agency reported that flights to Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz, as well as to airports in the west, northwest and southwest, had been suspended. The United Arab Emirates airline flydubai canceled its flights to Iran on Friday. Irna later reported that air traffic in Tehran had resumed.
The Pentagon did not initially confirm the reports. So far there has been no direct accusation from the Iranian side. However, the government denied reports that the Security Council had met in an emergency session. According to the Iranian space agency, Iranian air defenses also shot down several drones.
According to an Iranian media report, contrary to reports to the contrary, there has been no attack on Iran from abroad. “Contrary to rumors and claims from the Israeli media,” there are “no reports of an attack from abroad on Isfahan or any other part of Iran,” the Tasnim news agency reported on Friday, citing “informed circles.”
Is Israel targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities?
According to a US media report, Israel wanted to show Tehran that it can attack within the country with the alleged air strike in Iran. The Israeli military carried out the attack in retaliation for Tehran’s drone and rocket fire last weekend, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing an unnamed Israeli government official.
According to US military expert Cedric Leighton, Israel has proven that the Iranian air defense system does not have anywhere near the capabilities of the Israeli air defense system with the action, which was “clearly a direct response to the Iranian attacks over the weekend.”
Important facilities for the Iranian defense industry are located in Isfahan. The country’s largest nuclear research center is also located in the cultural city. According to the radio, there was no danger to the nuclear facilities there. The nuclear facilities in Isfahan province are “completely safe,” the Tasnim news agency reported, citing “reliable sources.” “The information published in some foreign media about an incident at these facilities is incorrect.”
Iran attacked Israel with hundreds of drones, cruise missiles and rockets on Sunday night. The background was a suspected Israeli-led attack on the Iranian embassy compound in the Syrian capital Damascus, in which two generals of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were killed at the beginning of April. Israel had announced that it wanted to respond to the Iranian retaliatory attack.
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Source: Stern
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