An explosion was heard in an Iranian city on Friday, and the news claimed that it was an attack by Israel on Iran, but the Tehran authorities downplayed the incident and said there was no plan for retaliation, seemingly trying to avoid triggering a regional war.
Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported that the chief of the army, Sayyed Razi Mousavi, said that the explosions heard earlier on Friday in the central Isfahan province were caused by the local air defense forces shooting down some "suspicious flying objects." Iran's foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, said there were no economic losses or casualties in the incident.
Iran shot down suspicious flying objects, causing an explosion
According to the Mehr News Agency in Iran, three micro-drones were discovered in the central part of Isfahan province at about 4 a.m. on Friday and were then shot down by the air defense system.
An Iranian official told Reuters that there was no plan to counter Israel in response to the incident, saying that the foreign sources of information about the incident were unverified, and Iran had not been subject to any external attacks. The related discussion was more likely to be about infiltration rather than attack.
Up to now, the Israeli official has still not confirmed the attack on Iran. The Israeli military responded to media interviews by saying that it would not comment on reports of the explosion in Iran. The Israeli prime minister's office refused to confirm reports of Israel's attack on Iran.
The White House spokesperson in the United States did not respond to the reports. US Secretary of State Blinken refused to respond to whether Washington was aware of the incident in advance.
