Breaking: Iran Under Drone Attacks, Explosions Reported In Multiple Cities

Iran Claims It Has Come Under Drone Attack Following Explosions

Stetson Payne

This is a rapidly developing story and details are bound to change, but as it sits now, explosions rocked an Iranian Ministry of Defense ammunition plant in the central Iranian city of Isfahan amid reports of blasts in three other cities.

 Video captured one of the explosions in Isfahan as security forces swarmed the area around the facility. The Iranian Ministry of Defense later claimed three drones targeted the installation in a “failed attack” that caused no casualties and damaged only the building’s rooftop.

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An Iranian MoD statement released through state-run IRNA news agency claimed air defenses destroyed one drone and "defense traps" caught two other drones, per a Reuters report. 

Not long after the initial reports from Isfahan, however, unconfirmed videos emerged claiming to show a massive fire at a fuel facility near the city of Azarshahr in East Azerbaijan Province.

Explosions were also reported in Karaj in Alborz Province and near the city of Khoy in West Azerbaijan Province. 

At this time, The War Zone is unable to confirm Iranian claims. There are further unconfirmed reports of air activity out of Tehran’s Mehrabad Air Base, which houses Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force aircraft, after a reported unknown aircraft was spotted flying over the Iranian capital.

This is a breaking news story. Check back with The War Zone for updates.

Media reports explosions at strategic facilities in Iran

Trend

A series of powerful explosions occurred on Sunday night at military infrastructure facilities in Iran. An air alert has been issued in a number of cities, Trend reports citing Russian service of BBC.

According to the IRNA news agency, a large car oil refinery caught fire in the city of Shahid-Salimi in the province of East Azerbaijan.

The Tasnim news agency reports that a military warehouse and a munitions production center were also attacked by drones.

The sounds of explosions are also heard in Tehran, according to eyewitnesses, planes were raised into the sky over the Iranian capital. According to local residents, government buildings in Tehran were attacked.

At the moment, there is no information about the victims and injured.

Earlier, the Iranian Defense Ministry confirmed a UAV attack on one of the centers for the production of ammunition.

"On the evening of January 28, 2023, at about 23:30 (23:00 GMT+4), an unsuccessful attack was carried out using drones on one of the centers of the Ministry of Defense. One of them was shot down by an air defense system, and the other two fell into defensive traps and exploded," the Ministry said.

There is no official confirmation of other explosions and news.

Iran Under Attack!

Hal Turner

More than half a dozen explosions have rocked different cities inside Iran as of 7:17 PM eastern US time on Saturday, 28 January 2023.  The explosions have all been hitting military industrial facilities.  Micro Aerial Vehicles (drones) and hitting numerous targets throughout Iran.

In addition, reports are now coming in claiming the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) is engaging in air attacks inside Syria, against allegedly Iranian targets.   

This is happening right now.  Details coming in, Check back for updates.

 

7:20 PM EST -- 5-6 explosions reported in different provinces of Iran just now - Industrial Plants, Weapons Depot, Airbase, Military buildings targeted, - Drones/Quadcopters suspected

"Israel launches a special military operation inside Iran" - Al Arabiya News Network

More:

"The official goal of the Israeli army is the destruction of Iran's military industry" - Al Arabiya

 7:31 PM EST -- Videos surfacing of Iranian Air Force scrambling

Russian and Iranian State Media is already claiming that the Drone Attacks on Military Facilities inside of Iran tonight are suspected to be from a NATO or NATO-Linked Country.

 7:35 PM EST -- There are rumors tonight that the Azerbaijani Embassy in the Iranian Capital of Tehran is currently being Evacuated with several trucks seen being loaded with Equipment and Documents from the Embassy.

TEHRAN NOW: GROUND DEFENSE SYSTEMS ARE RESPONDING TO AIR TARGETS OVER THE CAPITAL, TEHRAN.

7:37 PM EST -- The Iranian National Security Council has convened an emergency meeting

7:39 PM EST -- The strikes on Iran are extremely distributed all over the country. No less than 7 large cities have been struck.

The Iranian security council has been convened for an emergency session.

The Iranian Ministry of Defense: The air defense hit one of the drones that were trying to target the Isfahan Military Factory, and the other two planes fell into defensive traps and exploded.

7:42 PM EST -- Explosion at the air base in the city of Dezful, Iran

Confirmed (locally) blast-incidents in the past hour in Iran:

1. Isfahan, #Isfahan Province

2. Khoy West Azerbaijan Province

3. Azarshahr East Azerbaijan Province

4. Karaj #Alborz Province

Multiple Middle Eastern Media Sources tonight are reporting that Israel has launched a Military Operation against Iran but so far nothing has been Officially Announced by the Israeli Government or Military.

 7:47 PM EST -- IT IS ALLEGED THAT SOME GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN IRAN WERE HIT. (UNCONFIRMED)

Reports indicate that there is an intense security situation in the routes leading to the ammunition manufacturing centers of the Ministry of Defense in Isfahan

8:07 PM EST -- Blast in Hamedan, Hamedan Province of Iran. 4th one tonight Each incident site is at least a couple of hundred km far from each other.

8:13 PM EST -- The flow of news out of Iran has just . . . stopped.   Nothing coming through.  Complete silence.   Something is up . . .