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Drones attacked a military plant in Iran's central city of Isfahan, Tehran said on Sunday.

Fortunately, this unsuccessful attack killed no one and minor damage was sustained to the roof of the complex.” “There was an unsuccessful attack by small drones against a defense ministry industrial complex and fortunately with predictions and air defense arrangements already in place, one of them (struck),” IRNA said in a post on Twitter, citing the country’s defense ministry. “An explosion has occurred in one of the military centers affiliated to the Ministry of Defense,” the deputy head of security for Isfahan Governorate Mohammad Reza Jan-Nesari told the semi-official Fars News Agency.

Cyber security company Secureworks Counter Threat has reported on efforts by a group affiliated to the Islamic Republic aiming to disrupt relations between ...

Both groups use similar logos and a WordPress blog as the medium for their leak sites. This trend is likely to continue." Further, the security researcher noticed that Abraham's Ax mirrors the iconography, videography and leak sites of a separate threat actor known as Moses Staff.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — (AP) — Bomb-carrying drones targeted an Iranian defense factory in the central city of Isfahan overnight, authorities said ...

[Iran in October launched a military exercise near the Azerbaijan border](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-iran-europe-dubai-united-arab-emirates-eb59a349e2b55416a863e5304819ec6f). [Azerbaijan and Armenia have fought over the Nagorno-Karabakh region](https://apnews.com/article/politics-soviet-union-armenia-azerbaijan-business-b5a385835f0f3227911494bc8f23ea27). dollar](https://apnews.com/article/iran-politics-protests-and-demonstrations-sanctions-embargoes-business-38fa28f64709296bff64c6bd494cdcae). In 2020, Iran blamed Israel for a sophisticated attack that [killed its top military nuclear scientist](https://apnews.com/article/iran-israel-killed-mohsen-fakhrizadeh-88c2173048f77695af864d2055af54c6). [Nationwide protests have shaken the country since the September death of Mahsa Amini](https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-morality-police-explainer-b53475eda867a4158ac5032fe1b3e62e), a Kurdish-Iranian woman detained by the country's morality police. Meanwhile, tensions also remain high with neighboring Azerbaijan after [a gunman attacked that country's embassy in Tehran,](https://apnews.com/article/iran-politics-azerbaijan-government-fires-4c9c54dc12677ff47fe48acd84291337) killing its security chief and wounding two others. Separately, Iran’s state TV said a fire broke out at an oil refinery in an industrial zone near the northwestern city of Tabriz. [as its nuclear program rapidly enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-iran-politics-government-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-6acdb64d36fcbe05b3ee725d8a585d96) since the collapse of its atomic accord with world powers. The attack comes after Iran's Intelligence Ministry in July claimed to have broken up a plot to target sensitive sites around Isfahan. Israeli officials declined to comment on the attack. A third apparently made it through to strike the building, causing “minor damage” to its roof and wounding no one, the ministry said. The Defense Ministry only called the site a “workshop," without elaborating on what it made.

A loud explosion at a military plant in Iran's central city of Isfahan was caused by an "unsuccessful" drone attack, Iranian state media reported on Sunday, ...

Israel says Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons. The announcement came amid heightening tensions with arch-enemy Israel over Tehran's nuclear programme. "One of (the drones) was hit by the ...

Iran's Defense Ministry said one of its factories was attacked by drones in the city of Isfahan. It did not say who was suspected of carrying out the ...

[Iran in October launched a military exercise near the Azerbaijan border](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-iran-europe-dubai-united-arab-emirates-eb59a349e2b55416a863e5304819ec6f). [Azerbaijan and Armenia have fought over the Nagorno-Karabakh region](https://apnews.com/article/politics-soviet-union-armenia-azerbaijan-business-b5a385835f0f3227911494bc8f23ea27). dollar](https://apnews.com/article/iran-politics-protests-and-demonstrations-sanctions-embargoes-business-38fa28f64709296bff64c6bd494cdcae). In 2020, Iran blamed Israel for a sophisticated attack that [killed its top military nuclear scientist](https://apnews.com/article/iran-israel-killed-mohsen-fakhrizadeh-88c2173048f77695af864d2055af54c6). [Nationwide protests have shaken the country since the September death of Mahsa Amini](https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-morality-police-explainer-b53475eda867a4158ac5032fe1b3e62e), a Kurdish-Iranian woman detained by the country’s morality police. Meanwhile, tensions also remain high with neighboring Azerbaijan after [a gunman attacked that country’s embassy in Tehran,](https://apnews.com/article/iran-politics-azerbaijan-government-fires-4c9c54dc12677ff47fe48acd84291337) killing its security chief and wounding two others. Separately, Iran’s state TV said a fire broke out at an oil refinery in an industrial zone near the northwestern city of Tabriz. [as its nuclear program rapidly enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-iran-politics-government-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-6acdb64d36fcbe05b3ee725d8a585d96) since the collapse of its atomic accord with world powers. The attack comes after Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in July claimed to have broken up a plot to target sensitive sites around Isfahan. A third apparently made it through to strike the building, causing “minor damage” to its roof and wounding no one, the ministry said. The Defense Ministry only called the site a “workshop,” without elaborating on what it made. It did not say who was suspected of carrying out the attack.

The Economy of Francesco organizes second mobilization for Iranian and Afghani women's rights. By Lisa Zengarini. As the crackdown on peaceful protests in Iran ...

“By using it, we celebrate the fundamental right to express oneself, to protest, to defend and fight for life, rights and freedom. Meanwhile, the situation of women in Afghanistan continues to worsen. Iran has been swept by protests since September 2022, when Kurdish 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died while in the custody of the morality police.

The state-run news agency IRNA said three drones were shot down by Iranian air defenses.

[Iran's nuclear activities](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-nuclear-united-states-biden-standoff-tehran-iaea-snap-inspections/) ground to a halt last year. intelligence agencies, Western nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency have said Iran ran an organized nuclear weapons program until 2003. and Israel have vowed to prevent Iran from ever acquiring nuclear weapons, and neither has ruled out military action. Iran has always insisted its nuclear program is for purely peaceful purposes. Separately, Iran's state TV said a fire broke out at an oil refinery in an industrial zone near the northwestern city of Tabriz. The ministry called it an accident, without providing further details.

An earthquake with a magnitude of up to 5.9 struck the Turkey-Iran border region on Saturday, destroying houses in a provincial capital in Iran, ...

Iranian media said the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.9 and hit near the city of Khoy in Iran's Western Azerbaijan province. "The amount of destruction of some houses and buildings in the city of Khoy city is relatively high," Iranian emergency services spokesperson Mojtaba Khaledi told the YJC news agency. DUBAI, Jan 28 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of up to 5.9 struck the Turkey-Iran border region on Saturday, destroying houses in a main provincial city in Iran, Iranian media and the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.

At least two people were killed, and more than 300 injured when a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck Iran on Saturday night local time.

“The tremor was so strong that it was felt in many regions of West Azerbaijan Province, causing concern among residents. local time, citing the Iranian Seismological Center in Tehran. It was also felt in several cities, including the provincial capital of Tabriz in the neighboring province of East Azerbaijan,” IRNA reported.

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits Khoy, which has experienced several earthquakes in the previous months.

The largest earthquake took place late on Saturday at a depth of 7km (4.3 miles) and was felt in Urmia and several other counties as well. Damage was reported to buildings and some of the infrastructure in the area as a result of the quakes, especially to residential buildings in dozens of villages surrounding Khoy, some of which also experienced power blackouts. A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits Khoy, which has experienced several earthquakes in the previous months.

The shallow quake hit the city of Khoy in West Azerbaijan Province at 9:44 p.m., the Seismological Center of the University of Tehran said. Iran sits astride ...

Members of the European Parliament voted on January 18 to include the IRGC on the 27-nation bloc's terror list in "light of its terrorist activity, the repression of protesters, and its supplying of drones to Russia." Mohammadifard's offense was helping to organize and lead a September 21 rally in the city of Nowshahr. Daily protests and symbolic gestures across the country have shown the built-up anger many Iranians feel toward the system of rule and pose one of the biggest threats to authorities since the revolution in 1979. Iranian authorities are beating, firing, and threatening the families of protesters who were detained or killed during the violent suppression of the four-month-long anti-government demonstrations to force them to remain silent, the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said on January 25. Daily protests and symbolic gestures across the country have demonstrated the built-up anger that many Iranians feel toward the system of rule and pose one of the biggest threats to authorities since the revolution in 1979. Two European diplomats who spoke to Radio Farda on the condition of anonymity said France was "not very keen" on the move. Among them, a performance of symbolic tombstones in the university campus in memory of the protesters killed by the security forces, which has gone viral on social media. While accepting the FIPRESCI award, director Saeed Roustayi said it was in honor of the grieving people of Abadan after the deadly collapse of a tower building in the southwestern Iranian city killed 43 people. Universities and students have long been at the forefront of the struggle for greater social and political freedoms in Iran. Many protest rallies have been held in Iran in recent years, but one opposing the death sentence is a rare act of defiance. Tehran's delayed claim of responsibility for the shootdown sparked angry protests in Iran and increased distrust in the clerical regime. "It was clear where this was going," said Namjoo-Motlagh, who is believed to have posted social-media posts that were critical of the authorities and supportive of the protests.

The quake, with a magnitude of up to 5.9, destroyed houses in a main provincial city in Iran, say Iranian media and the European Mediterranean Seismological ...

Iranian media said the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.9 and hit near the city of Khoy in Iran's Western Azerbaijan province. The quake had a magnitude of 5.6 and was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), EMSC said. An earthquake with a magnitude of up to 5.9 struck the Turkey-Iran border region Saturday, destroying houses in a main provincial city in Iran, Iranian media and the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) reported.

The refinery is near the city of Tabriz in East Azerbaijan Province. “The firefighting is still going on and the size and intensity of the fire made it ...

The cause of the accident is under investigation, Fars added. “The firefighting is still going on and the size and intensity of the fire made it difficult to extinguish,” Fars reported. The refinery is near the city of Tabriz in East Azerbaijan Province.

A drone attack caused a “heavy explosion” at a Defense Ministry ammunition depot in central Iran, state TV said, resulting in a top diplomatic official ...

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit northwestern Iran overnight, killing at least three people and injuring more than 800 in the region near the border with ...

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit northwestern Iran overnight, killing at least three people and injuring more than 800 in the region near the border with ...

In 2003, a 6.6-magnitude quake in southeastern Iran levelled the ancient mud-brick city of Bam and killed at least 31,000 people. In February 2020, a 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck the western Turkey village of Habash-e Olya and killed at least nine people. The shallow quake hit the city of Khoy, with a population of around 200,000, in West Azerbaijan province at 9:44 pm (1814 GMT) Saturday, said the Seismological Center of the University of Tehran.

Iranian media and economic experts are characterizing a privatization plan the officials keep secret as "a plunder of public property" and "economic ...

Referring to the fact that during previous privatization projects government assets have been distributed among well-connected individuals, Pazouki said that properties should be sold by tender where everyone can bid to buy them. [Economic experts including Mehrdad Pazouki have already warned](https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/1724632/مصونیت-قضایی-اعضای-هیات-مولدسازی-اموال-مازاد-نوعی-آپارتاید-است) about the unpleasant consequences of this type of privatization. Pazouki added that the government should spend the resulting money on development plans. Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has approved the sales and wants them to be done as soon as possible. The ratification leaves no room for transparency and accountability. In current exchange rates the sum is close to $2.7 billion.

Seven actors in Iran have boycotted their own film to be screened at the state-sponsored Fajr Film Festival in protest to the bloody crackdown on ...

“Over time, all dictators have the illusion of imagining themselves as God, and they think they are absolutely right and eternal…but they are all mentally ill,” he said. Filmmakers and actors have been periodically boycotting the event, including in 2019, in protest to state violence against protesters. During this time, he explained, the festival meant nothing to him and even less so “in this bloody and grim year”. The Fajr Film Festival has existed since 1982, highlighting Iranian cinema for 10 days, during a period known as the Ten Days of Dawn (Fajr). Those who are withdrawing from the festival have taken a remarkable step because this means that they will no more have a chance of working in Iran, he said. “The film’s participation at any event is not and will not be my choice or decision.”

The defence ministry said three drones were involved, but there was only minor damage to the site.

Local authorities did not comment on activities at the site, but called it a "workshop". No details about the cause have been revealed. The Iranian defence ministry says it has foiled a drone attack on a military facility in the city of Isfahan.

Bomb-carrying drones targeted an Iranian defense factory in the central city of Isfahan overnight, authorities said early Sunday.

[Iran in October launched a military exercise near the Azerbaijan border](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-iran-europe-dubai-united-arab-emirates-eb59a349e2b55416a863e5304819ec6f). [Azerbaijan and Armenia have fought over the Nagorno-Karabakh region](https://apnews.com/article/politics-soviet-union-armenia-azerbaijan-business-b5a385835f0f3227911494bc8f23ea27). dollar](https://apnews.com/article/iran-politics-protests-and-demonstrations-sanctions-embargoes-business-38fa28f64709296bff64c6bd494cdcae). In 2020, Iran blamed Israel for a sophisticated attack that [killed its top military nuclear scientist](https://apnews.com/article/iran-israel-killed-mohsen-fakhrizadeh-88c2173048f77695af864d2055af54c6). It “is not in the interest of the region and its future,” Gargash wrote on Twitter. [Nationwide protests have shaken the country since the September death of Mahsa Amini](https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-morality-police-explainer-b53475eda867a4158ac5032fe1b3e62e), a Kurdish-Iranian woman detained by the country’s morality police. Meanwhile, tensions also remain high with neighboring Azerbaijan after [a gunman attacked that country’s embassy in Tehran,](https://apnews.com/article/iran-politics-azerbaijan-government-fires-4c9c54dc12677ff47fe48acd84291337) killing its security chief and wounding two others. [as its nuclear program rapidly enriches uranium closer than ever to weapons-grade levels](https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-iran-politics-government-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-6acdb64d36fcbe05b3ee725d8a585d96) since the collapse of its atomic accord with world powers. Separately, Iran’s state TV said a fire broke out at an oil refinery in an industrial zone near the northwestern city of Tabriz. The attack comes after Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in July claimed to have broken up a plot to target sensitive sites around Isfahan. A third apparently made it through to strike the building, causing “minor damage” to its roof and wounding no one, the ministry said. The Defense Ministry only called the site a “workshop,” without elaborating on what it made.

Blast that defence ministry says did minor damage comes amid tensions over nuclear pact and arms for Russia.

It did not say what caused the fire or if it was related to the incident in Isfahan. There was “minor damage to the workshop’s roof”. Emergency vehicles and fire trucks were shown at the plant in central Isfahan province.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Bomb-carrying drones targeted an Iranian defense factory in the central city of Isfahan overnight, authorities said early ...

It “is not in the interest of the region and its future,” Gargash wrote on Twitter. Iran in October launched a military exercise near the Azerbaijan border. Meanwhile, Iran continues to arm Russia with the bomb-carrying drone that Moscow uses in attacks in Ukraine on power plants and civilian targets. Separately, Iran’s state TV said a fire broke out at an oil refinery in an industrial zone near the northwestern city of Tabriz. The Defense Ministry only called the site a “workshop,” without elaborating on what it made. In 2020, Iran blamed Israel for a sophisticated attack that killed its top military nuclear scientist. A third apparently made it through to strike the building, causing “minor damage” to its roof and wounding no one, the ministry said. The attack comes after Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in July claimed to have broken up a plot to target sensitive sites around Isfahan. It said the cause was not yet known, as it showed footage of firefighters trying to extinguish the blaze. That was a drone, wasn’t it?” the man filming shouts. A Defense Ministry statement described three drones being launched at the facility, with two of them successfully shot down. Meanwhile, tensions also remain high with neighboring Azerbaijan after a gunman attacked that country’s embassy in Tehran, killing its security chief and wounding two others.

Iran's hardliner Kayhan newspaper has proposed to form a national 'soft war' headquarters to deal with what it called the "hybrid war of the enemy".

In November, Khamenei called the ongoing anti-regime uprising following the death of Mahsa Amini a "hybrid war" led by the “enemies”. Ali Fadavi, the second highest commander in the Revolutionary Guard, also said in October that the country’s ‘enemies’ who used to focus on ‘hard war’ against the Islamic Republic for decades have now adopted a hybrid approach, combined with soft power. Iran’s hardliner Kayhan newspaper has proposed to form a national ‘soft war’ headquarters to deal with what it called the "hybrid war of the enemy".

Israel carried out the drone attack on an Iranian military center for research and development midnight Saturday, the Wall Street Journal said in an ...

Russia has used hundreds of these drones to target Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure. Small or quadcopter drones, however, cannot fly hundreds of kilometers to reach Esfahan, located in central Iran. [The WSJ quoted unnamed US officials ](https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-strikes-iran-amid-new-international-push-to-contain-tehran-11675004979?mod=hp_lead_pos10)and people familiar with the operation that the drone attack was carried out by Israel.

Saturday's strike came shortly after the Israeli Ambassador to Germany, Ron Prosor, mentioned Iranian drones and missiles when he said Israel does more to ...

Nevertheless, Israeli operations against Iranian military facilities could help Ukraine in the short term if it results in delays of drone resupplies when Russia depletes its second batch of Shaheds or, more crucially, delays in any potential SRBM transfer. Israeli sources [reported](https://twitter.com/BarakRavid/status/1619737041415327746) that a building related to the Iranian missile program was the target of the surgical attack. [has a production facility in Shahin Shahr](https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/iranian-drones-russia-capabilities-and-limitations). [cited by Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/blast-heard-military-plant-irans-central-city-isfahan-state-media-2023-01-28/) said it appeared Israel was behind the attack. "These include Iranian drones and missiles that Russia is using in Ukraine." It may also receive short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) There are likely substantive limits to what Israeli covert operations against Iranian facilities can achieve without sparking a full-fledged war with Tehran. Initial reports indicate small drones, [reportedly quadcopters](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/01/29/israel-reportedly-carries-out-drone-strikes-on-iranian-factory-on-eve-of-blinkens-middle-east-tour/?sh=2b912c0973ea), struck what the Iranian defense ministry described as one of its "workshop sites." Israel is the prime suspect behind the suspected drone attack on Saturday against a military target near the central Iranian city of Isfahan. Asked why Israel has so staunchly refused to supply Ukraine military hardware, Prosor pointed to the Russian military presence in Syria. Did warn you." [cited estimations](https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-03-17/ty-article/israel-reportedly-struck-irans-main-production-site-for-military-drones-last-month/00000180-5bb2-dc1d-afc2-fbf796a50000) claiming the attack destroyed "hundreds" of Iranian drones.