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Iran accuses Israel for Isfahan drone attack

Iran

Neither Israel nor Iran has admitted responsibility for the attack. The two nations are bitter rivals and have been waging a “shadow war” in recent years. Unreported assaults on one another’s assets, infrastructure, and citizens. Iran has attributed a drone attack on a military facility in the city of Isfahan on Saturday to Israel. Its … Read more

Drones strike on Iranian military facility, says Tehran

Tehran

Attack happened about 10:30 p.m. local time Sunday, defense ministry says. State news agency claims “small drones” were to blame for the incident. Air defense system of the complex was able to destroy two other drones, it says. Tehran said that a military base in Isfahan, the country’s capital, had been bombed by drones on … Read more

Tehran: Drones strike an Iranian military facility

Tehran
  • Drones attacked a military plant in Iran’s central city of Isfahan.
  • Tehran says. The explosion left some damage, “but fortunately there were no casualties.
  • State news agency IRNA later said the explosion had been caused by “small drones”.

Tehran said on Sunday that drones struck a military facility in Isfahan, the country’s capital.

According to Mohammad Reza Jan-Nesari, the deputy head of security for the Isfahan Governorate, an explosion has taken place in one of the military facilities connected to the Ministry of Defense.

The explosion, according to Jan-Nesari, “but happily there were no victims,” left minor damage.

Later, the state news agency IRNA claimed that “small drones” were to blame for the incident.

According to IRNA, who cited the nation’s military ministry, “There was an unsuccessful attempt by tiny drones against a defense ministry industrial complex and thankfully with predictions and air defense arrangements already in place, one of them (hit).”

Two more drones were eliminated by the complex’s air defense system. Fortunately, no one was killed in this failed attack, but the complex’s roof did receive some minor damage.

According to the ministry, the attack happened about 10:30 p.m. local time.

About 440 kilometers (270 miles) south of Tehran is where the plant is.

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Shiite cleric shot, wounded in central Iran: media

Shiite cleric shot
  • An assailant on a motorcycle shot at a Shiite cleric in central Iran, state media report.
  • Cleric Mohsen Akhavan was not seriously injured and is being treated in hospital.
  • In April, a Sunni extremist stabbed two Shiite clerics to death and injured a third.

An assailant on a motorcycle shot at a Shiite cleric in central Iran on Saturday morning, according to Iranian state media.

According to the website of state broadcaster IRIB, Mohsen Akhavan, who holds the clerical rank of hojatoleslam, was targeted in the city of Isfahan.

Akhavan, who was the imam of a mosque in the city, was returning home after leading the morning prayer when the attack occurred, IRIB reported.

The report added that the cleric, who had earlier been working at the Isfahan Islamic seminary, was “not seriously injured” and was being treated in hospital.

In early April, a Sunni extremist of Uzbek origin stabbed two Shiite clerics to death and injured a third in the courtyard of the main shrine of the northeastern holy city of Mashhad.

Abdolatif Moradi, 21, was hanged on June 20 in the same city after being convicted over the attack, according to the judicial authority.

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Shiite cleric injured by gunfire in central Iran

shiite cleric

Mohsen Akhavan, who bears the clerical rank of hojatoleslam, was targeted in the city of Isfahan. A Sunni extremist with Uzbek roots killed two Shiite clergy members and hurt a third in the courtyard of the main shrine in Mashhad. TEHRAN: Iranian media said that a motorcycle-mounted assailant shot and wounded a Shiite cleric in … Read more

Iran fighter jet crashes due to failed engine

Iran fighter jet

An Iranian fighter jet crashed near the city of Isfahan when its engine failed, but both pilots escaped. Iran’s air force acquired a variety of American-made military aircraft prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It also includes MiG and Sukhoi aircraft built in Russia. An Iranian fighter jet crashed near the city of Isfahan when … Read more

Ayatollah Tabatabai, representative Iran supreme leader saved from attack

Iepresentative of Iran supreme leader/ bol news

Ayatollah Yousef Tabatabai-Nejad safe from attack on Iran. A man attempted to go after Ayatollah after Friday’s petitions in the focal city of Isfahan. The young fellow has been captured and is presently under cross-examination. A senior scholar and representative of Iran’s supreme leader was safe from the attack on Iran on Friday, the semi-official … Read more