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Iranian defence ministry says a large blast heard successful Isfahan was caused by ‘unsuccessful’ drone attacks.
Published On 29 Jan 2023
Iran’s defence ministry has reported respective drone attacks connected a subject works successful the country’s cardinal metropolis of Isfahan.
The attacks were “unsuccessful” and determination were nary casualties, the ministry said successful a connection aboriginal connected Sunday.
“One of [the drones] was deed by the … aerial defence and the different 2 were caught successful defence traps and blew up,” said the connection carried by the authorities quality agency, IRNA. “Fortunately, this unsuccessful onslaught did not origin immoderate nonaccomplishment of beingness and caused insignificant harm to the workshop’s roof,” it said.
The ministry did not accidental who was suspected of carrying retired the attack.
The connection came soon aft Iranian media reported a large blast successful Isfahan.
News agencies published a video showing a flash of airy astatine the plant, said to beryllium an ammunitions factory, and footage of exigency vehicles and occurrence trucks extracurricular the plant.
The ministry said the onslaught “has not affected our installations and ngo … and specified unsighted measures volition not person an interaction connected the continuation of the country’s progress”.
Reports of the drone attacks successful Isfahan besides came arsenic Iran’s authorities TV besides said a occurrence had breached retired astatine an lipid refinery successful an concern portion adjacent the northwestern metropolis of Tabriz.
It said the origin was not yet known arsenic it showed footage of firefighters trying to extinguish the blaze.
There person been respective explosions and fires astir Iranian military, atomic and concern facilities successful the past fewer years.
They travel amid a long-running shadiness war betwixt Iran and Israel.
The 2 countries are astatine loggerheads implicit Tehran’s atomic programme.
Israel says Iran is seeking to make atomic weapons, an allegation Tehran denies.
In July past year, Iran said it had arrested a sabotage team made up of Kurdish fighters moving for Israel who planned to stroke up a “sensitive” defence manufacture centre successful Isfahan.
Iran besides blamed Israel for the assassination of its apical atomic scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, successful 2020, arsenic good arsenic an onslaught connected its underground Natanz atomic installation successful April 2021 that damaged its centrifuges.
Israel has not claimed work for the attacks.
Israeli officials seldom admit operations carried retired by the country’s concealed subject units oregon its Mossad quality agency.
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