{"id":13582,"date":"2023-01-30T11:11:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T09:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=13582"},"modified":"2023-02-10T00:07:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T22:07:23","slug":"suspected-israeli-drones-attack-iranian-military-facilities-in-isfahan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/suspected-israeli-drones-attack-iranian-military-facilities-in-isfahan\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected Israeli drones attack Iranian military facilities in Isfahan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Israel is the prime suspect behind the drone attacks on the military facilities in the central city of Isfahan in Iran on January 29, 2023, targeting a military industrial complex reported to be production hub for drones and missiles.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While there were no immediate claims of responsibility, the United States media reported that \u201cIsrael carried out a drone strike&nbsp;targeting a defense compound\u201d in the Iranian city of Isfahan overnight using suicide drones. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/29\/world\/middleeast\/iran-drone-strike-israel.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#ac0707\" class=\"has-inline-color\">New York Times quoted<\/span><\/a> senior U.S. intelligence officials claiming that drone attack on an Iranian military facility was the work of Mossad, Israel\u2019s premier intelligence agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israeli media also attributed the attack to Mossad. \u201cFrom the nature of the attack, it can be estimated that Mossad is behind it\u201d <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/2023-01-29\/ty-article\/israel-reportedly-behind-overnight-drone-attack-at-iranian-defense-facility\/00000185-fe27-ddb9-a9dd-ffff98850000\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#ac0707\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Haartez reported<\/span><\/a>, adding that a similar attack in the Iranian city of Kermanshah last year was also attributed to Israeli spy agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Iran says drone attack targets defense facility<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without naming who was behind the attack, the Iranian authorities said that one of its military facilities in the central city of Isfahan was attacked by a drone strike. The Deputy Head of Security for Isfahan Mohammad Reza Jan-Nesari told a news agency, \u201cAn explosion has occurred in one of the military centers affiliated to the Ministry of Defense.&#8221; He added that the explosion left some damage, &#8220;but fortunately there were no casualties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Explosion at a military factory in the central <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> city of Isfahan<br><br>According to the Iranian state television company IRIB, the explosion occurred in one of the centers for the production of ammunition of the Ministry of Defense. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2gwwJeyOad\">pic.twitter.com\/2gwwJeyOad<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NEXTA (@nexta_tv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nexta_tv\/status\/1619469660847734784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran\u2019s state-owned media outlet IRNA later claimed that the explosion was caused by small drones. \u201cThere was an unsuccessful attack by small drones against a defense ministry industrial complex and fortunately with predictions and air defense arrangements already in place, one of them (struck),&#8221; IRNA said in a report citing the country\u2019s defense ministry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Iranian Ministry of Defense has so far downplayed the attacks as unsuccessful micro-drone attacks. \u201cThe air defense system of the complex was able to destroy two other drones. Fortunately, this unsuccessful attack killed no one and minor damage was sustained to the roof of the complex\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plant is about 440 kilometers south of the capital Tehran. Iranian media video showed a flash of light at a complex that they described as an ammunition factory. Footage also showed emergency vehicles and fire trucks outside the complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-firefighters-extinguishing-fire-at-damaged-facility.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-firefighters-extinguishing-fire-at-damaged-facility.jpg?resize=1000%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-firefighters-extinguishing-fire-at-damaged-facility.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-firefighters-extinguishing-fire-at-damaged-facility.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-firefighters-extinguishing-fire-at-damaged-facility.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em><sup>Firefighters extinguishing the fire at one of the plants that were damaged in a drone attack in Iran. (Image Credit: Twitter)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian official media claimed the attack was carried out using three armed drones. One drone was shot down \u201cand the other two were caught in defense traps and blew up. It caused only minor damage to the roof of a workshop building.\u201d However, one of the foreign journalists covering the Middle East reported that the attacks were \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarakRavid\/status\/1619737041415327746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"color:#ac0707\" class=\"has-inline-color\">specific, surgical and successful<\/span><\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media reports have suggested the attack was carried out by its archrival Israel,&nbsp;however, Israeli officials made no comments when asked if Israel had a connection to the latest incident. Israel has long said it could attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/tag\/iran\/\"><span style=\"color:#ac0707\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Iran<\/span><\/a> if diplomacy fails to curb Tehran&#8217;s nuclear or missile programs but has a policy of withholding comment on specific incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Israeli military declined to comment on the strike, which would be the first attack under the tenure of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s far-right government. One <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kan.org.il\/item\/?itemId=144222\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#ac0707\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Israeli media outlet reported<\/span><\/a> that Mossad chief David Barnea left a cabinet meeting when the attack was reported and did not return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strike came just as U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was beginning a visit to Israel following the trip of the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William J. Burns, to Israel last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a1\ufe0fFirefighters extinguishing the fires at one of the oil plants that was damaged in a drone attack in Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UuaGmDJpO8\">pic.twitter.com\/UuaGmDJpO8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; War Monitor (@WarMonitors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WarMonitors\/status\/1619481527569489920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Several Iranian nuclear sites are in Isfahan province, including Natanz, the centerpiece of Iran\u2019s uranium enrichment program. Iran has accused Israel multiple times of sabotaging its military facilities. There have been&nbsp;a number of explosions and fires&nbsp;around Iranian military, nuclear and industrial facilities in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July 2020, a&nbsp;fire broke out at the Iranian Natanz nuclear complex in Isfahan. Iran\u2019s Supreme Nation Security Council, the authorities decided not to publicly announce the findings on what caused the fire due to&nbsp;security concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel is the prime suspect behind the drone attacks on the military facilities in the central city of Isfahan in Iran on January 29, 2023, targeting a complex reported to be a production hub for drones and missiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44,1],"tags":[6,43,30,26,356,108,7],"class_list":["post-13582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east","category-news","tag-defense","tag-drone","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-middle-east","tag-nuclear","tag-u-s"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran-drone-attack.jpg?fit=690%2C370&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7jJWb-3x4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13582"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13606,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13582\/revisions\/13606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}