Iran on Friday denied that a missile attack had taken place once morest the country and said air defences shot down several drones, amid tensions over a possible Israeli retaliation once morest Iran.
“So far, no large-scale impact or explosion caused by any airborne threat has been reported.“, the state-run IRNA news agency said.
Iranian state television reported similar information, showing images of what appeared to be normal life in the city of Isfahan, where the sounds of “loud explosions” had been heard hours earlier.
Iran’s space agency also denied a missile attack, contrary to US reports that Israel had launched missiles at Iranian soil.
“There are no reports of a missile attack so far.“Iran’s Space Agency spokesman Hossein Dalirian said on his social media account X.
The source said the country’s air defenses shot down “three micro drones.”
Hours earlier, Iranian state television reported the sound of “loud explosions” in the central province of Isfahan, which is home to missile production sites and nuclear facilities.
Fars was more specific, referring to the sound of “three explosions” near the Shekari airbase in northern Isfahan.
The state-run IRNA news agency reported that air defences had been activated in “several provinces” following “loud explosions” were heard in the centre of the country.
Iran’s nuclear facilities are “completely safe,” said the Tasnim agency, which is affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard, the body in charge of security at the country’s atomic centres.
Amid confusion over what is happening, aviation authorities have suspended flights in at least three cities across the country, including Tehran and its international airport.
In A senior US official told ABC that Israel launched several missiles at Iran early Friday morning.
This attack would be a retaliation for the attack with hundreds of missiles and drones last Saturday by Iran once morest Israel, which in turn was a response to the bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus, in which seven members of the Revolutionary Guard died.
Israel has said it will respond to the Iranian attack, prompting Tehran to raise the tone of its warnings and say it will take action in the event of a possible Israeli retaliation.
Iran warned yesterday that it might revise its “nuclear doctrine” – which until now dictated that this energy be used exclusively for civilian purposes – if Israel threatens to attack its atomic centres.
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2024-07-19 19:20:51
