{"id":33499,"date":"2024-04-19T11:45:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T06:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=33499"},"modified":"2024-04-19T16:54:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T11:54:33","slug":"iran-on-high-alert-after-alleged-israels-drone-attack-thwart-in-isfahan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/iran-on-high-alert-after-alleged-israels-drone-attack-thwart-in-isfahan\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran on high alert after alleged Israel&#8217;s drone attack thwart in Isfahan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISFAHAN: Israel launched an attack on Iran on Friday morning, US officials told the international broadcaster <em>ABC News<\/em>. However, Israeli leadership has not issued any statement yet.<\/p>\n<p>However, Iran has denied claims of the Israeli attack on its territory, following the explosions in Isfahan.<\/p>\n<p>Explosions heard in Isfahan were a result of the activation of air defense systems, an Iranian official told Reuters on Friday, adding that no missile attack was carried out against Iran.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After Saturday night&#8217;s attack carried out by Iran, the Islamic Republic remained on high alert after Israel said it would respond to an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/jordan-shot-down-dozens-of-iranian-drones-headed-for-israel\/\">Iranian missile and drone attack<\/a>\u00a0in the latest tit-for-tat exchange between the two Middle Eastern foes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to the Iranian media, explosions\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">were heard<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in the central city of\u00a0Isfahan.\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Iranian officials said that three drones were shot down by air defense systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Senior army commander Second Brigadier General Siavosh Mihandoust <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was quoted<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0by state\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">TV<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0as saying air defense systems had targeted a &#8220;suspicious object<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/iran-launches-massive-drone-attack-at-israel\/\">Iran launches massive drone attack at Israel<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There was no &#8220;damage or incident&#8221; in Isfahan Province, said commander Mihandoust, the state-run Tasnim news agency reported. All facilities in the area are secure, including significant nuclear facilities, Tasnim reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u26a1\ufe0fBREAKING<\/p>\n<p>Video shows Iranian air defenses shooting down Israeli quadcopters <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fontT1FpFM\">pic.twitter.com\/fontT1FpFM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iran Observer (@IranObserver0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IranObserver0\/status\/1781219431508570564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Earlier, reports suggested that flights had <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">been\u00a0suspended<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> over several cities across Iran after reports of explosions near a military base in Isfahan<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, however<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, flight suspension was<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0lifted later on Friday<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, a spokesperson of the Civil Aviation Organization said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Earlier on Saturday, Iran attacked Israel with about 100 drones and cruise missiles in response to the Iranian consulate building targeted in an airstrike on April 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi had warned Israel before Friday&#8217;s strike that Tehran would deliver a &#8220;severe response&#8221; to any attack on its territory.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISFAHAN: Israel launched an attack on Iran on Friday morning, US officials told the international broadcaster ABC News. However, Israeli leadership has not issued any statement yet. However, Iran has denied claims of the Israeli attack on its territory, following the explosions in Isfahan. Explosions heard in Isfahan were a result of the activation of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":33501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[15345,15343,15342,15341,15344],"class_list":["post-33499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-iran-drone-attack-on-israel","tag-isfahan-drone-explosions","tag-ishfahan-attack","tag-israel-attack-on-iran","tag-israel-launched-attack-on-iran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}