The Israeli attack occurred early Friday morning in the province of Isfahan, local time, as confirmed by officials from President Joe Biden’s Administration, cited by ABC.
Israeli missiles They hit the province of Isfahanwhere Natanz is located, the area where it is located one of Iran’s nuclear facilities. A military source told US network Fox that the attack was “limited.”
US sources assured CNN that the attack was not directed once morest nuclear facilitiessomething that (if it had occurred) might trigger an escalation of aggression and a tougher response from Iran.
They also reported that there were explosions near Isfahan airportwhich may have hit an air base in the area.
As a senior US official told NBC, The United States was not involved in the attack on Iran and also, Israel notified Washington before carrying it out.
According to a senior US official, the United States was not involved in the attack on Iran and, furthermore, Israel notified Washington before carrying it out. pic.twitter.com/yu7eu9dhDK
— EFE News (@EFEnoticias) April 19, 2024
In January 2023the city of Isfahan already suffered an attack when a series of drones caused serious damage to an arms factory. The attack was attributed to Israel, although Tel Aviv authorities never confirmed it.
#UPDATE Iran’s state media reported explosions in Isfahan Friday, as US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes on its arch-rival.
Air defence systems over several Iranian cities were activated, state media reported pic.twitter.com/KzO0KbD9Ry
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 19, 2024
The attack occurred shortly following Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hosein Amir Abdolahian, in an interview with CNN warned Israel not to take any military action once morest his country or face a harsh response.
“In the event that the Israeli regime once once more embarks on taking risks and measures once morest Iran’s interests, Our next response will be immediate and at the highest level“Abdolahian noted.
The diplomat is in the Permanent Mission of Iran to the United Nations, one of the few places where he is allowed to stay in the United States, given the sanctions applied to several officials of that country.
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🗣️Images are spreading that show the moment when anti-aircraft defenses intercept projectiles in the sky in #Isfahan. pic.twitter.com/Wvbik1gRH0— Maverick News (@NewsYcultura) April 19, 2024
Abdolahian said he sincerely hoped that Israel would not repeat “the previous atrocious mistake”in reference to the apparent Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus, Syria, in which Seven Iranian officers and six civilians were killed.
BREAKING NEWS | Israel launched attack inside Iran, US official says
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— CNN in Spanish (@CNNEE) April 19, 2024
The Foreign Minister assured that he has sent a message to the White House in which Iran has reiterated that “If the Israeli regime makes the big mistake, once once more our response will be decisive, definitive and regrettable for them.“.
The minister defended the attacks carried out once morest Israel last Saturday, which he described as a response tailored to the attacks suffered.
“Let it be known that we have the means to respond,” he concluded.
Iran denies attacks
Iran denied this Friday that there had been a missile attack once morest the country and He assured that air defenses have shot down several drones.
“So far no impact or explosion has been reported.” on a large scale caused by no aerial threat,” stated the state agency IRNA.
Iranian state television provided similar information and showed images of apparent normality in the city of Isfahan, where they heard hours before sounds of “loud explosions.”
Iran Space Agency He also denied a missile attackcontrary to information from the United States that claimed that Israel had launched projectiles once morest Iranian soil.
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