General Siavosh Mihandoost, commander of the local army, also told state TV that the crash had caused “no damage” around Isfahan.
Dubai-based airlines Emirates and FlyDubai began diverting to western Iran around 4.30am. local time. They offered no explanation, although local warnings to pilots suggested the airspace may have been closed.
Iran then blocked commercial flights to Tehran and areas in its western and central regions.
Hossein Dalirian, a spokesman for Iran’s civilian space program, said on social media platform X that several small “quadcopter” drones had been shot down. A journalist from Isfahan state television said as much in a live report, saying that “several small drones were flying in the sky over Isfahan.”
The Israeli attack once morest Iranian territory was aimed at ”sending a signal to Iran that Israel has the ability to strike inside the country”. An Israeli official declared this to the Washington Post, confirming that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted a raid inside Iran in retaliation for the over three hundred Iranian missiles and drones launched towards Israel.
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