{"id":89663,"date":"2023-01-29T17:22:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T23:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=89663"},"modified":"2023-01-29T17:22:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T23:22:10","slug":"89663","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=89663","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bomb Iran (1980)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s8hEtI9AI0U\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/iran-ammunition-factory-hit-by-blast-11674951968?st=l25hukom24o8zqx\">IRAN AMMUNITION FACTORY HIT BY BLAST: Iranian media also report large fire at oil refinery outside the city of Tabriz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Iran said three drones caused an explosion at an ammunition factory in the city of Isfahan late Saturday, amid fresh tensions with the West and Israel over Tehran\u2019s military involvement in Ukraine and stalled negotiations to revive an international accord that limits Iran\u2019s nuclear activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Phone footage captured by several passersby in Isfahan and posted on social media showed what appeared to be a large explosion on the side of a building on a major street.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall css-1u1nl00-PaywalledContentContainer e1db8bjv0\">\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cAt around 23:30, an unsuccessful attack using micro-aerial vehicles was carried out on one of the Defense Ministry\u2019s workshops,\u201d the Defense Ministry said in a statement, adding that one drone had been shot down by air defenses while two others had exploded. The ministry said the roof of one building had been slightly damaged, and that the explosion had caused no casualties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-type=\"paragraph\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall css-1u1nl00-PaywalledContentContainer e1db8bjv0\">\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">A local crisis-management chief, Mansour Shisheforoush, told state media that residents had reported \u201cabnormal sounds\u201d in three or four parts of Imam Khomeini Street, a main thoroughfare leading to the city center.<\/p>\n<div class=\"media-layout css-1ve63vh-Layout ek23gj80\" data-type=\"inset\" data-inset_type=\"newsletterinset\" data-sub_type=\"\" data-layout=\"wrap\">\n<div class=\"ejx10ml1 css-1m3ngmz-FullBlock\">\n<div class=\"css-1c2ypzx\">\n<div class=\"ejx10ml1 css-1969eyj-FullBlock\">\n<div class=\"css-1bq9n3y\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Iranian authorities didn\u2019t immediately assign blame for the blast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Iranian media also reported a large fire had broken out at an oil refinery in an industrial area outside the western city of Tabriz. It wasn\u2019t clear whether the two incidents were related.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">The Isfahan blast comes amid growing tensions between Iran and the West following Tehran\u2019s recent involvement in the war in Ukraine, where it\u00a0<a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink exk4ewm0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/russia-launches-new-drone-attacks-as-partnership-with-iran-deepens-11670666867?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferer\" data-type=\"link\">has supplied Russia with armed drones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Russia purchased last summer hundreds of Iranian Shahed and Mohajer series drones, which Moscow has used to attack Ukraine\u2019s front-line positions and civilian infrastructure, as the two countries move toward what the U.S. has called a full defense partnership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">The purported attack in Isfahan also comes after months of domestic unrest.\u00a0<a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink exk4ewm0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/irans-islamic-leaders-face-a-crisis-of-faith-as-protests-swell-11670709247?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferer\" data-type=\"link\">Nationwide protests erupted<\/a>\u00a0in September following the death in police custody of a young woman arrested for allegedly violating the country\u2019s Islamic dress code. Street protests have abated in recent weeks, but\u00a0<a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink exk4ewm0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/iran-protests-create-lasting-challenge-to-government-security-officials-say-11671214446?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferer\" data-type=\"link\">discontent continues to simmer<\/a>\u00a0with sporadic rallies erupting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Tensions also have grown over Iran\u2019s nuclear activities.\u00a0<a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink exk4ewm0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/iran-renews-demands-for-u-s-guarantees-in-nuclear-deal-talks-11660763334?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferer\" data-type=\"link\">Talks to revive a 2015 nuclear accord<\/a>\u00a0that imposed limits on the country\u2019s nuclear program in return for relief from U.S. sanctions stalled over the summer. They have been further complicated by Iran\u2019s support for Russia in the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Israel was against the accord, which the U.S. exited under Trump administration in 2018, and it has indicated it would take action against Tehran\u2019s nuclear program if the West doesn\u2019t do enough to curb it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Key Iranian facilities have been hit by sabotage multiple times in the past, including the Natanz nuclear facility in 2021.\u00a0<a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink exk4ewm0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/iran-blames-israel-for-attack-on-nuclear-facility-vows-to-retaliate-11618229993?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferer\" data-type=\"link\">Iran has accused Israel<\/a>\u00a0of being behind the sabotage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Israel has also previously\u00a0<a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink exk4ewm0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/israel-hits-suspected-iran-weapons-convy-in-syria-with-airstrikes-11668010435?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferer\" data-type=\"link\">targeted convoys suspected of smuggling Iranian weapons<\/a>\u00a0into Syria from Iraq.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">Earlier this week,\u00a0William Burns, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, arrived in Israel ahead of Secretary of State\u00a0Antony Blinken\u2018s scheduled visit on Monday, according to a U.S. official. Mr. Blinken will visit Israel and the West Bank as part of a regional tour to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders amid a recent flare-up in violence there, and to reiterate U.S. support for a two-state solution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-xbvutc-Paragraph e3t0jlg0\" data-type=\"paragraph\">The 2021 sabotage at Natanz, which led to\u00a0<a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink exk4ewm0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/iran-nuclear-fuel-production-drops-sharply-following-natanz-explosion-11622482066?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferer\" data-type=\"link\">a steep drop in Iran\u2019s nuclear fuel production<\/a>, happened as U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was visiting Israel and preparing to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff IRAN AMMUNITION FACTORY HIT BY BLAST: Iranian media also report large fire at oil refinery outside the city of Tabriz. 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