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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.

Iranian defence ministry says a loud blast heard in Isfahan was caused by 'unsuccessful' drone attacks.

and such blind measures will not have an impact on the continuation of the country’s progress”. “Fortunately, this unsuccessful attack did not cause any loss of life and caused minor damage to the workshop’s roof,” it said. “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.

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

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 ... Parchin is home to a military base where the International Atomic Energy Agency has said it suspected Iran conducted tests of explosive triggers that could be used in nuclear weapons. Iran and Israel have long been engaged in a shadow war that has included covert attacks on Iranian military and nuclear facilities. air defence and the other two were caught in defence traps and blew up," the defence ministry said in a statement carried by the state news agency IRNA.

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.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 has struck the Turkey-Iran border region, killing at least three people...

The quake struck on Saturday at a depth of 10km, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. An emergency official told state TV it was snowing in some of the affected areas, with freezing temperatures and some power cuts reported. The official news agency IRNA reported the toll citing the head of emergency services at the university in the city of Khoy, near the quake's epicentre.

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.

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 ...

Situation Report in English on Iran (Islamic Republic of) about Contributions, Education and more; published on 29 Jan 2023 by WFP.

In December, WFP provided 2,770 refugee girls with a cash incentive of IRR 500,000 (US$ 2) transferred to their bank accounts. WFP provides cash assistance to 7,197 Afghan and Iraqi refugee households each month. In December, WFP reached 32,699 beneficiaries including 32,082 refugees and 617 Iranian teachers as per the monthly target under unconditional resource transfers (URT), of whom 9,168 were women, 9,415 men, 6,737 girls, and 7,379 boys.

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 ...

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 Iranian Defense Ministry said it shot down two drones and a third struck the building and caused "minor damage."

A Defense Ministry statement said that three drones were launched at the factory. [ an engineer was killed](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/26/one-dead-after-accident-at-irans-parchin-military-complex) at the Parchin military complex in what Iran described as an "accident," but which [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/world/middleeast/iran-drone-attack.html) reported was a drone strike that fit the pattern of Israeli strikes. [ blow up a "sensitive" defense facility in Isfahan, ](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-says-israel-linked-agents-planned-attack-defence-plant-2022-07-27/)and arrested a group of Kurdish militants who they accused of working with Israel. [military and nuclear targets](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-701373) in Iran, including the assassination of [Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the "father" of Iran's nuclear weapons program,](https://www.businessinsider.com/mossad-remote-controlled-machine-gun-kill-iran-nuke-expert-nyt-2021-9) and a purported cyber attack on [Iran's underground Natanz nuclear facility in 2021](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/11/incident-at-iranian-nuclear-site-targeted-by-blast-last-year). [stopped a "sabotage attack"](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/23/iran-reportedly-foils-sabotage-attack-civilian-nuclear-facility) targeting a civilian nuclear facility in Tehran. - Iran reported a drone attack on a defense facility in the city of Isfaham on Saturday night.

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.

The Iranian defence ministry said a drone carrying a small bomb hit the roof of one building in the facility late on Saturday night, while two other drones were ...

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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".

After a gunman assaulted Azerbaijan's embassy in Iran's capital Tehran, Baku says it is evacuating staff and family members from the country.

During a phone call with his Azeri counterpart late Saturday, Raisi said Tehran and Baku have inseparable historical relations and will not allow those relations to be affected by the two countries' ill-wishers. The Islamic Republic’s state broadcaster also talked to the seven-year-old son and 14-year-old daughter of the family, who purportedly were in the car outside the embassy. Iran’s state media broadcast confessions by a grey-haired man identified as the assailant, who claimed he attacked the embassy believing that his wife was held inside the building. Member of the Iranian parliament’s presidium Ali Nikzad has promised that necessary investigations will be done regarding the attack. There have never been such hateful and threatening statements against Azerbaijan,” he said, referring to warnings from President Ebrahim Raisi and other leaders against any border changes or threats to Iran’s transit route to Armenia, which is vulnerable since 2020 changes. Police in Tehran says it arrested the attacker at the scene and authorities condemned Friday's incident, claiming that the gunman appeared to have had a personal, not a political, motive. Tehran-Baku tensions have simmered since the 2020 war, when Iran moderated its past support for mainly Christian Armenia due partly to domestic pressures from both ethnic Azeri and Shia clerics supporting fellow Muslims. Earlier, the Azerbaijani foreign ministry said the shooting was the result of Tehran failing to heed its calls for better security. According to an article in Trend, the incident at the embassy occurred as “part of Iran's policy of hostility towards Azerbaijan.” A deputy of the country’s parliament said, "Iranian televisions and radios continuously promote hostility towards Azerbaijan. The terrorist incident against our embassy proved this once again." It is not yet clear whether the embassy will continue to function. The embassy staff had given him a written statement attesting that she was not there, but the man said he was sure his wife was in the building and attacked the embassy to prove that.

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.

The attack came amid tension between Iran and the West over Tehran's nuclear activity and its supply of arms - including long-range “suicide drones” - for ...

There have been a number of explosions and fires around Iranian military, nuclear and industrial sites in recent years. Iran has accused Israel in the past of planning attacks using agents inside Iranian territory. It caused only minor damage to the roof of a workshop building. Iran’s Defence Ministry said the explosion caused only minor damage and no casualties. A spokesperson for the Israeli military declined to comment. The extent of damage could not be independently ascertained.

Iranian foreign minister criticised the drone attack as 'cowardly' and aimed at creating 'insecurity'.

Talks between Iran and world powers to revive the 2015 nuclear deal have stalled since September. In 2020, Iran blamed Israel for a sophisticated attack that It is home to both a large airbase built for its fleet of US-made F-14 fighter jets and its nuclear fuel research and production centre. A ministry statement described three drones being launched at the facility, with two of them successfully shot down. Iran’s defence ministry did not comment on who carried out the attack. The extent of damage could not be independently ascertained.