Drone Attack on Defense Workshop Thwarted

Date: 29 January 2023 - 21:43

News ID: ۱۱۱۹۱۰

TEHRAN -- Iran thwarted a drone attack on one of the facilities of the ministry of defense in the central city of Isfahan, the ministry said on Sunday.

“An abortive attack was carried out on one of the workshop facilities of the Ministry of Defense at around 23:30 Saturday, by mini-drones,” said the ministry.

One of the unmanned aerial vehicles was shot down by the air defense and two others were caught in air defense traps and blew up.

“Fortunately, this failed attack had no casualties and only inflicted minor damage to the ceiling of the workshop, which did not disrupt the equipment and operations at the facility,” the ministry explained.

It added the country will move full steam ahead with efforts to reinforce its power and national security, and such “blind moves” will not affect national progress.

Isfahan, some 350 kilometers (215 miles) south of Tehran, is home to both a large air base built for its fleet of F-14 fighter jets and its Nuclear Fuel Research and Production Center.

Tehran has been targeted in Israeli drone strikes in the past. Iran has several known nuclear research sites in the region, including a uranium conversion plant.

In recent years, the occupying regime of Israel has carried out several covert actions on Iranian soil, including an attack using a satellite-controlled machine gun, which martyred a leading nuclear physicist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, in November 2020.