Iran experiences drone assault on protection facility in Isfahan

Drones attacked an Iranian protection manufacturing facility within the central metropolis of Isfahan in a single day. The assault occurred late Saturday and precipitated minor injury to a rooftop.

Dubai,UPDATED: Jan 29, 2023 07:46 IST

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By Associated Press: Drones attacked an Iranian protection manufacturing facility within the central metropolis of Isfahan in a single day, the state-run IRNA information company reported early Sunday.

It carried a Defense Ministry assertion saying the assault occurred late Saturday and precipitated minor injury to a rooftop. The report mentioned three drones had been shot down by Iranian air defenses.

The ministry didn’t say who was suspected of finishing up the assault.

Separately, Iran’s state TV mentioned a hearth broke out at an oil refinery in an industrial zone close to the northwestern metropolis of Tabriz. It mentioned the trigger was not but recognized, because it confirmed footage of firefighters making an attempt to extinguish the blaze.

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Iran and Israel have lengthy been engaged in a shadow conflict that has included covert assaults on Iranian navy and nuclear services.

Last 12 months, Iran mentioned an engineer was killed and one other worker was wounded in an unexplained incident on the Parchin navy and weapons growth base east of the capital, Tehran. The ministry referred to as it an accident, with out offering additional particulars.

Parchin is house to a navy base the place the International Atomic Energy Agency has mentioned it suspected Iran performed assessments of explosive triggers that may very well be utilized in nuclear weapons.

In April 2021, Iran blamed Israel for an assault on its underground Natanz nuclear facility that broken its centrifuges.

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Israel has not claimed duty for the assault, however Israeli media extensively reported that the nation had orchestrated a devastating cyberattack that precipitated a blackout on the nuclear facility. Israeli officers not often acknowledge operations carried out by the nation’s secret navy models or its Mossad intelligence company.

In 2020, Iran blamed Israel for a classy assault that killed its high nuclear scientist.

Iran has at all times insisted its nuclear program is for purely peaceable functions. U.S. intelligence businesses, Western nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency have mentioned Iran ran an organized nuclear weapons program till 2003.

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Jan 29, 2023