Iran has reported a drone strike on a military installation in the city of Isfahan

Iran said so in the early hours of Sunday repulsed an attack by at least three drones headed for a military installation in Isfahan, in the central region of the country. The episode was confirmed by the Defense Ministry, amid growing regional and international tensions around the Islamic republic.

“A attack failed It was carried out with drones in one of the Ministry of Defense compounds,” the portfolio explained, adding that the attack caused no casualties, only “minor roof damage” of a building, as quoted by the Irna agency.

Also, one of the drones was destroyed by the structure’s anti-aircraft defense system, while the remaining two exploded.

The attack took place around 11.30pm on Saturday (8.00pm GMT) and did not disrupt the operation of the complex. Iran’s Defense Ministry did not say who it suspected might have carried out the attack, which took place inThe same day as a fire at a refinery in the northwest of the country and a magnitude 5.9 earthquake near the city of Khoy in Iran’s northwestern West Azerbaijan province that killed three and injured 447.

The authorities did not provide details on the activity of the target site of the attack, located north of Isfahan, although they did They called the move “a failure”. for the preparation of the defense system stationed in the region”.

Mohammadreza Jan-Nesari, deputy governor for security and political affairs of Isfahan, said security officials had launched investigations to identify those responsible for the attack.

Iran has several nuclear research sites in this region, including a uranium conversion plant.

Tehran has been the target of drone strikes attributed to Israel, in the midst of a secret war with its Middle Eastern rival following the breakdown of its nuclear deal with Western powers.

Tensions with neighboring Azerbaijan are also notable, after an armed man attacked the country’s embassy in Tehran, killing the security chief and wounding two people.

In April 2021, the Iranian capital announced that it had started producing 60% enriched uranium in Natanz, about 90% needed to make an atomic bomb.

Negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran, the European Union and six major powers stalled when the United States withdrew in 2018.

The agreement sought to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons, an objective Iran has always denied.

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Iran’s English-language state broadcaster, Press TV, broadcast a cellphone video that appeared to show the drone strike along the busy Imam Khomeini Highway, which runs north of Isfahan and is one of the routes to the holy city of Qom. and Tehran, the capital. of the country.

A group of people could be seen gathered, probably attracted by the anti-aircraft fire, who were witnessing what was happening. explosion and sparks in a dark building. People fled after the impact.

The Ministry described the place as a laboratory, without going into details of what it produced. In Isfahan, about 350 kilometers (215 miles) south of Tehran, is a large airbase built for its fleet of US-made F-14 fighters and a nuclear fuel research and production facility.

Meanwhile, Iranian state television reported a fire has occurred in a refinery in an industrial area near the northwestern city of Tabriz. The cause of the fire was unknown, the station said, showing footage of firefighters battling the blaze.

With information from agencies.

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