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On the night of January 28–29, 2023, three unidentified drones attacked an ammunition factory in Isfahan, amidst other unexplained explosions across Iran. [1] [2]The New York Times stated that it was likely that the drones used near Isfahan were quadcopters with a short flight range, and also that since Isfahan is distant from Iran's borders, it was likely that the drones were launched from ...
2021 Natanz Incident refers to a suspected attack on the Natanz nuclear site in Iran. [ 1 ] The Natanz nuclear facility is located in the wilderness of the province of Isfahan, in central Iran. This site is scouted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.N. nuclear watchdog. [ 2 ]
An explosion caused by a gas leak at a coal mine in eastern Iran has killed at least 51 people, state media said on Sunday. More than 20 others were injured after the blast in South Khorasan ...
On 14 April, the American guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts struck a mine while transiting international waters as part of Operation Earnest Will, the 1987–88 effort to protect reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers from Iranian attacks during the Iran–Iraq War. The explosion pierced the hull and broke the keel of the Samuel B. Roberts ...
2022 Shah Cheragh attack. Bloodstains over the floor of Shah Cheragh, Iran, along with Chador and shoe of a victim. The Shah Cheragh attack (Persian: حمله به حرم شاهچراغ) was a terrorist attack [ 2 ] that occurred on 26 October 2022 at Shah Cheragh mosque, a Shia pilgrimage site in Shiraz in southern Iran, in which at least ...
On 15 January 2024, Iran carried out a series of aerial and drone strikes within Iraq and Syria, claiming that it had targeted the regional headquarters of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and several strongholds of terrorist groups in response to the Kerman bombings on 3 January, for which the Islamic State took responsibility. [ 4 ]
An arch glorifying Hezbollah and baring pictures of its chief Hassan Nasrallah, right, and Iran's spiritual leader Ali Khamenei decorates a street of Beirut's southern suburb on Jan. 16, 2011.
Iran denied that any explosion had occurred, but The Times reported damage to the nuclear plant based on satellite images, and quoted Israeli intelligence sources as saying that the blast indeed targeted a nuclear site, and was "no accident". [74] Hours after the blast took place, Hezbollah fired two rockets into northern Israel.