Iran says drones loaded with bombs targeted a military factory in the city of Isfahan, causing a large explosion and minor damage to the facility.
city of Isfahan, authorities said Sunday, causing a large explosion and minor damage to the facility.
, which has been engaged in a shadow war with the Islamic Republic and is suspected of being behind a number of similar attacks in recent years.The Iranian defense ministry confirmed one of its workshop complexes had come under attack Saturday from a number of Micro Aerial Vehicles , but said the complex’s air defenses had successfully repelled the attack.
Three quadcopters equipped with bombs were used in the attack, Iran’s defense ministry said in a statement shared with IRIB. Eyewitness video that has been verified by NBC News shows a small explosion and plumes of gray smoke rising as cars drive past a home furnishings store geolocated as off the Imam Khomeini Expressway in Isfahan.
In Ukraine — where Russia has been using Iranian-supplied drones to attack civilian targets across cities far from the front lines — news of the incident prompted an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to draw a link between the two.
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