A big explosion attributable to an “unsuccessful” drone assault on a defence manufacturing facility rocked the Iranian metropolis of Isfahan late on Saturday evening.
“One in all [the drones] was hit by the…air defence and the opposite two had been caught in defence traps and blew up,” Iran’s defence ministry mentioned in a press release.
“Thankfully, this unsuccessful assault didn’t trigger any lack of life and triggered minor harm to the workshop’s roof.”
The Iranian defence ministry provided no info on who it suspected was behind the assault that triggered no casualties and solely minor harm to the defence manufacturing facility’s roof.
The strike comes as Iran’s state TV reported {that a} hearth broke out at an oil refinery in an industrial zone close to the northwestern metropolis of Tabriz.
It mentioned the trigger was nonetheless unknown, because it confirmed footage of firefighters making an attempt to extinguish the blaze.
It’s unclear if there are any hyperlinks between the 2 incidents.
There have been a number of explosions and fires round Iranian navy, nuclear and industrial amenities in recent times.
Iran has accused Israel of launching a sequence of assaults on the nation, together with an April 2021 assault on its underground Natanz nuclear facility that broken its centrifuges.
In 2020, Iran blamed Israel for a complicated assault that killed its prime navy nuclear scientist.
Israeli officers hardly ever acknowledge operations by the nation’s secret navy items or its Mossad intelligence company. Nevertheless, at his swearing-in ceremony in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned stopping Iran’s nuclear programme was one among his prime priorities.
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