Early this Friday, Israel launched a drone attack limited to central Iran (Isfahan) in response to the launch last Saturday by the Persian country with more than 300 missiles and drones. However, the information from the beginning has been confusing, without official confirmations from Israel or the United States, whose officials had already indicated to various media that the explosions heard in Isfahan were due to an attack by the Jewish State.

For their part, the Iranian authorities have assured this Friday that they have repelled a drone attack against the surroundings of the city, where there is an important military base and a nuclear facility. But they point out that there is no information of an “attack from abroad” and have implied that there will be no retaliation. The Iranian Army has maintained that “Iran’s response has already been seen,” the head of the Iranian Army, Major General Abdul Rahim Mousavi, has stressed on whether Iran will respond to the aggression.

In this way, the Iranian authorities have downplayed the situation and the reports in some American media about a missile attack against a military installation in Isfahan, located more than 300 kilometers south of the capital, Tehran. Although the Israeli Government has not officially commented on the attack, official Israeli sources cited by the American newspaper Washington Post have confirmed that they are behind the attack and have argued that the objective was to convey to Iran that the Israeli Army can hit its territory.

Along these lines, Israeli sources cited by ‘The New York Times’ has emphasized that the attack was launched by Israelwhile the Minister of National Security, the far-right Itamar Ben Gvir, has published a brief message on his account on the social network X apparently criticizing the limited nature of the action: “Weak.”

For their part, official US sources have indicated in statements given to the US television network CNN that Washington had a prior warning from Israelabout the attack, although they have stressed that “they did not support it.” “We do not support the response,” they said. Another official source cited by this media has revealed that the Israeli authorities “never specified in precious terms” the range of targets that could be included in the attack, although “nuclear and civilian facilities were clearly not in that category.” Likewise, they have reiterated that Washington “did not give a ‘green light'” to the attack.

Calm after an attack with “minidrones”

Brigadier General Amir Mihandust, commander of the Iranian Army in Isfahan, has confirmed that the explosions recorded during the early hours of the morning have been caused by shots from air defense systems against “suspicious objects” identified in the city’s airspace. “The sounds are related to the firing of air defense systems against a suspicious object. There is no damage,” he stressed, as reported by the Iranian news agency IRNA.

Iranian media have highlighted that the situation in the city is calm. In this sense, official sources cited by the Mehr news agency have stressed that the air defense systems have shot down “mini drones” in the area. “There is no information about these small devices and we are trying to locate the remains,” they highlighted.

Hours after the attack, the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran has withdrawn part of the restrictions imposed in recent hours on air operations in the country, while asking passengers to pay attention to the notices at airports and airline messages due to delays and cancellationsaccording to the IRNA agency.