Drone attack hits Iran defence site
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Iran yesterday said a night-time drone attack had targeted a defence ministry site, at a time of high tensions over its nuclear programme and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
An anti-aircraft system destroyed one drone and two others exploded, the ministry said, adding there were no casualties and only minor damage to the site in the central province of Isfahan.
A fireball lit up the night sky in video footage widely shared on social media and published by Iranian state media, with people outside seen running and emergency service vehicles speeding toward the site.
“An unsuccessful attack was carried out … on one of the workshop complexes of the ministry of defence,” the ministry said, according to state news agency IRNA.
“The attack, which occurred around 11:30pm (2000 GMT), did not cause any disruption to the operation of the complex,” it said.
A few hours before the Isfahan attack, a major fire broke out at a motor oil production plant in the northwestern province of East Azerbaijan, IRNA reported. Images of the huge blaze in the key industrial complex linked to the Ministry of Industry were published by the agency.
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