{"id":3499,"date":"2023-01-29T01:06:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T01:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3499"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:40:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:40:37","slug":"iran-thwarts-drone-attacks-on-military-bases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/analysis\/defense\/iran-thwarts-drone-attacks-on-military-bases\/2023\/01\/29\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran thwarts drone attacks on military bases"},"content":{"rendered":"

DUBAI<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> Iranian<\/span> state<\/span> media<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Monday<\/span> that<\/span> a<\/span> “failed”<\/span> drone<\/span> strike<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> cause<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> massive<\/span> explosion<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> military<\/span> installation<\/span> in<\/span> central<\/span> Isfahan,<\/span> Iran’s<\/span> defense<\/span> ministry<\/span> said.<\/span> reported.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“One<\/span> of<\/span> them<\/span> (the<\/span> drones)<\/span> …<\/span> was<\/span> hit<\/span> by<\/span> air<\/span> defenses,<\/span> the<\/span> other<\/span> two<\/span> fell<\/span> into<\/span> defensive<\/span> traps<\/span> and<\/span> exploded.<\/span> Fortunately,<\/span> there<\/span> were<\/span> no<\/span> fatalities<\/span> in<\/span> this<\/span> failed<\/span> attack.<\/span> There<\/span> was<\/span> minor<\/span> damage<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> roof<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> workshop,”<\/span> the<\/span> ministry<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement<\/span> from<\/span> state<\/span> news<\/span> agency<\/span> IRNA.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ads<\/span> Scroll<\/span> to<\/span> continue<\/span>
\n<\/span>Iranian<\/span> news<\/span> outlets<\/span> had<\/span> previously<\/span> reported<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> blast,<\/span> posting<\/span> videos<\/span> showing<\/span> flashes<\/span> inside<\/span> the<\/span> facility,<\/span> said<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> a<\/span> munitions<\/span> factory,<\/span> and<\/span> footage<\/span> of<\/span> emergency<\/span> vehicles<\/span> and<\/span> fire<\/span> trucks<\/span> outside<\/span> the<\/span> facility.<\/span> In<\/span> July,<\/span> Iran<\/span> announced<\/span> it<\/span> had<\/span> arrested<\/span> a<\/span> sabotage<\/span> team<\/span> made<\/span> up<\/span> of<\/span> Kurdish<\/span> militants<\/span> working<\/span> for<\/span> Israel<\/span> who<\/span> were<\/span> planning<\/span> to<\/span> blow<\/span> up<\/span> a<\/span> “classified”<\/span> defense<\/span> industrial<\/span> center<\/span> in<\/span> Isfahan.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> announcement<\/span> comes<\/span> amid<\/span> growing<\/span> tensions<\/span> with<\/span> arch-enemy<\/span> Israel<\/span> over<\/span> Tehran’s<\/span> nuclear<\/span> program.<\/span> Israel<\/span> says<\/span> Iran<\/span> seeks<\/span> to<\/span> develop<\/span> nuclear<\/span> weapons.<\/span> Tehran<\/span> denies<\/span> this.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>\u201c[The<\/span> attack]<\/span> has<\/span> not<\/span> affected<\/span> our<\/span> facilities<\/span> or<\/span> missions<\/span> \u2026<\/span> and<\/span> such<\/span> blind<\/span> measures<\/span> will<\/span> not<\/span> affect<\/span> the<\/span> country\u2019s<\/span> continued<\/span> progress,\u201d<\/span> the<\/span> Pentagon<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement.<\/span> says.<\/span> In<\/span> recent<\/span> years,<\/span> there<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> a<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> explosions<\/span> and<\/span> fires<\/span> near<\/span> Iranian<\/span> military,<\/span> nuclear<\/span> and<\/span> industrial<\/span> installations.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> explosion<\/span> has<\/span> at<\/span> times<\/span> raised<\/span> concerns<\/span> amid<\/span> tensions<\/span> with<\/span> Israel<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> over<\/span> Iran’s<\/span> nuclear<\/span> program.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian state media said on Monday that a “failed” drone strike was the cause of a massive explosion at a military installation in central Isfahan, Iran’s defense ministry said. reported. “One of them (the drones) … was hit by air defenses, the other two fell into defensive traps and exploded. Fortunately, there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[26,2450],"tags":[201,646,656,913,914],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Iran_Lebanon_Israel_41624.jpg-232da_c0-105-2500-1562_s885x516.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3499"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3501,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3499\/revisions\/3501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}