- According to state media, three drones were shot down over the Iranian capital of Isfahan.
- The Iranian uranium enrichment program’s focal point, the Natanz nuclear site, is located in the province of Isfahan.
- Iran blocked flights from its western airspace for a few hours and closed its airports in Tehran, Shiraz, and Isfahan.
In the most recent tit-for-tat exchange between the two bitter enemies, Israel and Iran, their decades-long shadow war has spilled over into the open and threatens to engulf the entire area in bloodshed.
Although explosions were reported by Iranian media, an Iranian official informed that air defense systems were to blame. According to state media, three drones were shot down over the Iranian capital of Isfahan. Early on Friday, neither the military nor the government of Israel said anything.
Israel Attack
After the airstrike on the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus on April 1—which was attributed to Israel—the latest wave of violence was sparked, and Washington and other international powers put pressure on Israel to either guarantee that there was no further retaliation or to refrain from responding altogether.
There has been an upsurge in bloodshed as a result of Iran’s support for the militant Palestinian group Hamas, whose attack on Israel on October 7 prompted Israel to invade Gaza.
Tehran claims its work at nuclear sites is benign, but the West thinks it’s geared at developing a bomb. Iran’s state media said that these facilities remained untouched. The Iranian uranium enrichment program’s focal point, the Natanz nuclear site, is located in the province of Isfahan.
Following the incident, Iran blocked flights from its western airspace for a few hours and closed its airports in Tehran, Shiraz, and Isfahan. Airports and airspace were reopened around 04:45 GMT. Following a 1,200-person attack on Israel on October 7 by the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas, Israel launched its operation on Gaza.
