Dubai. Iran asserted yesterday that it did not suffer any attack from abroad
and added that there were no plans to respond to Israel, on a day in which Iranians reacted calmly to the announcement of explosions in the center of the country, attributed to Israeli retaliation for the attack on the 12th that was celebrated by thousands of people in Tehran.
Furthermore, this accident
was not mentioned by President Ebrahim Raisi in the speech he gave during a tour of a northeastern province, while his foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, stated that the drones, which according to sources Israel launched against the city of Isfahan, were minidrones
and that they caused no damage or victims.
At the time of going to press, Israel had not commented on the explosions in Iran, while Israel’s main opposition leader, Yair Lapid, harshly criticized the Minister of National Security, the far-right Itamar Ben Gvir, for a unforgivable
message about the drone attack, which he described as weak
in the midst of rising tensions in the Middle East.
Gvir was accused of implicitly attributing the explosions in Iran to Israel, after he published the message Dardale!
in X, a colloquial Hebrew word comparable to weak
implying that Israel was behind the explosions, but that its action was not strong enough.
The demonstrations in support of the Iranian government took place after the Muslim Friday prayer in Tehran, shortly after the explosions that some US officials cited as anonymous sources by Western media presented as the Israeli response to the 300 drones and missiles. fired by the Islamic Republic against Israeli territory last Saturday.
The explosions occurred in the area of the historic city of Isfahan during the early hours of the morning and many Iranians learned about them when they woke up, especially through social networks, although they did not seem willing to change their plans for the weekly day of rest.
We will go to the park. Everything is as before, it’s a normal Friday morning
said Bahar, 24, an animator at an educational center in Tehran, contacted by AFP.
The woman said she learned about the explosions from a call from a friend who lived abroad.
Authorities and state media downplayed the explosions, reported no damage or injuries, and stated that they were related to the destruction by the anti-aircraft defense of “suspicious objects” flying near a military base.
Iranian media and officials described few explosions which they said were caused by air defenses hitting three drones over Isfahan. They referred to the incident as an attack of infiltrators
and not from Israel, ruling out the need for retaliation.
A senior Iranian official told Reuters there were no plans to retaliate against Israel over the incident. The external origin of the incident has not been confirmed. We have not received any external attack and the discussion leans more towards infiltration than attack
he claimed.
The agency cited a source familiar with Western intelligence assessments who agree with the Iranian version that the drones took off within the territory of the Islamic republic, suggesting that special forces or an Iranian faction allied with Israel were involved.
Amirabdollahian was also cautious in his comments to envoys from countries with Muslim populations.
The media that supports the Zionist regime (Israel), in a desperate effort, tried to turn its defeat into a victory, while the downed mini-drones have caused no damage or casualties.
Iranian media said.
The head of the Iranian army, Abdulrahim Mousavi, stated that an investigation is underway The dimension
of the presence of dornes, and confirmed that no damage or injuries were reported, while the hypothesis that the attack was not carried out continued to be valid. from abroad
and was carried out by infiltrators
more than for Israel.
He highlighted that the air defense systems shot down suspicious objects
over Isfahan, the third largest city in Iran, 406 kilometers south of Tehran with a population of about 2 million people, and where there is an air base of the armed forces, as well as sites linked to its nuclear program, such as the Natanz underground enrichment plant, repeatedly targeted by alleged attacks by Israel.
The explosions in the sky over Isfahan were related to the firing of air defense systems at suspicious objects that did not cause casualties or damage.
reported the Iranian news agency Irna.
Raisi once again defended the recent Iranian attack on Israeli territory in response to the bombing of its consulate in Damascus, the capital of Syria, which resulted in the death of 16 people, including seven members of the Revolutionary Guard, including two generals.
At press time, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed today in a statement that it carried out a drone attack against Eilat, in Israel, a few hours after unidentified drones attacked a military base of the Hashd Shaabi paramilitary forces. in central Iraq.
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