TEHRAN-- In yet another unsuccessful attack, Israel supposedly targeted a defense facility in Isfahan but failed to accomplish its goals.
On Sunday night, homeowners of Isfahan heard surges near a defense center that were later on attributed to Israel by Israeli and Western media.
The Iranian defense ministry fasted to clarify the scenario.
It said in a statement that one of 3 drones attacking the defense devices manufacturing complex in Isfahan was downed by a defense system stationed inside the center and two others blew up after being caught in traps set by the defense system.The not successful attack, the statement said, left no casualties and only caused slight damage on the roofing system of the defense devices facility.
Thanks to Gods true blessing, the attack caused no disruption to the equipment and the operations of the complex, stated the declaration, according to Irans official news firm IRNA.
Israeli and Western media right away said that Israel lagged the attack.
And Israeli media represented the attack as effective, something that stands in stark contrast to the reality on the ground.
Nevertheless, the attack remains an act of sabotage that indicates Israels aggressiveness and its efforts to stop Irans development.
After numerous media outlets associated the attack to Israel, Americans looked for to distance from Israels failed experience.
An Iranian official informed Al Jazeera that the reason for this was that Washington knows it is a failure and will not push Tehran to change its policies.
There is a sense that Washington and Tel Aviv are in this together, implying that Israel could not have actually performed such aggressiveness without a kind of coordination with the U.S., to state the least.
And the reality that CIA director Bill Burns was in Israel at the time of the attack is telling.There is another element to the Isfahan attack.
While Western and Israeli media were boasting of Israels involvement, a Ukrainian official hinted that Kiev may be linked as well.Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the Head of the Office of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, chimed in on the Sunday night surge that took place in the main Iranian city of Isfahan, hinting that the incident had something to do with Ukraine.Mykhailo Podolyak released a tweet on Iran hours after news of the Isfahan explosion broke.
He stated that Iran witnessed an explosive night at which military and oil facilities was targeted.
War logic is inexorable - & murderous.
It bills the authors - & accomplices strictly.
Panic in RF - limitless mobilization, rocket defense in Moscow, trenches 1000 km away, air-raid shelter preparation, he stated on Twitter.Podolyak added, Explosive night in Iran - drone - & missile production, oil refineries.
Ukraine did alert you.
The Ukrainian government has actually up until now avoided validating or declining Podolyaks allegation.
This tweet raised eyebrows in Iran and beyond as Western and Israeli media associated the surge to Israel.
Some in Tehran believe that Ukraine may be crossing a red line for cheering for an Israel-claimed attack on a military facility.The Ukraine chargé daffaires in Tehran was summoned to the Iranian foreign ministry on Monday after the senior consultant to the Ukrainian president hinted at Kievs involvement in the drone attack Isfahan center.
Iranian media reported Monday that the Ukrainian diplomat was asked to discuss the claims of the consultant to the Ukrainian president.This tweet came versus a background of protracted stress in between Iran and Ukraine over Western claims about Iran providing drones and rocket to Russia for use in Ukraine, an allegation Iran roundly rejected.Iran states it does not take sides in the Ukraine war.
In a current non-paper, the Iranian mission to the United Nations described the Iranian position on the war.
The Islamic Republic of Irans position on the Ukraine circumstance is clear, constant, and undeviating, which has actually been pronounced since the start of the conflict.
From the start, the Islamic Republic of Iran has actually constantly stressed that all UN Members need to completely respect the purposes and concepts enshrined in the United Nations Charter in addition to relevant worldwide law, consisting of sovereignty, self-reliance, unity, and territorial stability.
As a nation that has experienced 8-year imposed war and hostility, Iran opposes any conflict or war throughout the world, including in Ukraine, the objective said.
It included, Iran has consistently promoted for peace and an immediate end to the dispute in Ukraine and revealed clearly that this crisis has no military solution, and structure upon this belief, Iran has actually urged the celebrations in the dispute to work out restraint, prevent escalating tensions, and participate in a meaningful process for settling their conflicts through serene means while likewise resolving the root causes of the situation.
Despite Irans duplicated denials, the West continues to accuse Iran of supporting Russia in the Ukraine war.
Some think that these allegations are in part aimed at determining certain policy alternatives on Iran in its diplomacy.
In other words, by portraying Iran as a party to the Ukraine war, Westerners wan to ramp up pressure on Iran with the goal of making Iran distance itself from Russia.
This, however, is unlikely to come about because Iran is an independent country and charts its course independently.At any rate, there are signs that Iran will react to the current aggressiveness.
The Iranian official said, Preliminary useful indications point to Israels participation in the Isfahan attack, and the investigation should be pursued.
It is most likely that the drones were introduced from inside Iran and near to the target site.
The official alerted, Israel knows effectively that it will receive an action, and this is what took place formerly, far from the noise and the abundance of declarations ...
The main cautioned, Israel understands extremely well that it will get a reaction, and this is what occurred formerly, far from the noise and the abundance of statements.
Iran is presently investigating the attack.
A parliamentary committee is set to travel to Isfahan to analyze what happened.
It remains to be seen what would occur after the conclusion of the examination.