Iranian air defenses reportedly intercepted and destroyed three drones over Isfahan around 1230 am GMT, denying any missile strikes or significant damage. The drones, described as small and possibly launched from within Iran, were allegedly part of an attack that Iranian media and officials are downplaying. There was no foreign attack or airstrike reported. This incident comes amidst heightened tensions with Israel, although Iran has stated there are no plans for immediate retaliation and the origin of the attack remains unclear.
BREAKING: IRAN FM OFFICIAL STATEMENT "Their media supporters tried in a desperate attempt to make a victory out of their repeated defeat. While the downed micro-birds did not cause any financial damage or loss of life." https://t.co/Bd2H9aiGkh
Iran official says no plan for immediate retaliation to reported Israeli missile strike, per the Guardian.
🇮🇷IRAN OFFICIALS STATEMENT REGARDING TODAY'S ATTACK: "The Israeli attack was carried out by small exploding drones, a tactic Israel has used in the past in attacks inside Iran. The drones may have been launched inside Iran, whose radar systems failed to detect unidentified… https://t.co/QOQaFPYTo5
🇮🇷⚡ Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian: “The media supporters of the Zionist regime made a desperate attempt to turn their defeat into victory; while the downed drones caused no financial or human casualties.” https://t.co/uxh5IjvFBt
BREAKING: IRAN OFFICIAL STATEMENT "The Israeli attack was carried out by small exploding drones, a tactic Israel has used in the past in attacks inside Iran. The drones may have been launched inside Iran, whose radar systems failed to detect unidentified aircraft entering… https://t.co/6tl4wsJHjX
Iranian Foreign Minister: Small drones targeted a base in Isfahan and did not cause any significant damage, despite the efforts of pro-Israel media to portray the defeat as a victory. https://t.co/RYPmSHSiY0
Reuters: "Tehran plays down reported Israeli attacks, signals no retaliation" https://t.co/t4uplyTuEV
IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER AMIRABDOLLAHIAN: MINI DRONES DID NOT CAUSE ANY DAMAGE OR CASUALTIES IN ISFAHAN DESPITE EFFORTS BY PRO-ISRAELI MEDIA TO PORTRAY A DEFEAT AS A VICTORY
⚡️BREAKING Iran's foreign minister in New York says that the quadcopters shot down in Isfahan caused no material damage or casualties, Western media tried to exaggerate this event in order to present Israel's defeat as a victory https://t.co/5wsuzdcHkn
IRAN OFFICIALS STATEMENT: "The Israeli attack was carried out by small exploding drones, a tactic Israel has used in the past in attacks inside Iran. The drones may have been launched inside Iran, whose radar systems failed to detect unidentified aircraft entering Iranian… https://t.co/Dh9N8eIbjL
Iran not planning for an ‘immediate response’ after Israel strike https://t.co/oAsJp31FEe https://t.co/oAsJp31FEe
Iran Downplays Israeli Strikes—And May Not Launch Large-Scale Retaliation https://t.co/zoynShlTr2 https://t.co/pkMJ0tvhII
Iran deployed air defence systems to intercept and destroy three drones over the city of Isfahan amid rapidly escalating tensions with Israel, according to state media. Here is what we know so far https://t.co/4GX4FrcHL1 https://t.co/BItMZEGKlq
Iran says no retaliation planned, as both sides seek distance from Isfahan attack https://t.co/IeDPfBhTOx via @timesofisrael
Iran appears to be downplaying the impact of Israel's retaliatory strike on Thursday night which came less than a week after Iran's unprecedented retaliatory drone and missile attack on Israel. https://t.co/NIjydhNkNH
🇮🇷⚡ Iranians mock the Israeli response: The aftermath of the sweeping Israeli attack on Iran. https://t.co/8Et94eXRYB
No plan for immediate retaliation against #Israel, says #Iran. Follow live updates here: https://t.co/QXN2Z6Jsj9
Iran’s air defences brought down three small drones over the central city of Isfahan, state media reported, hours after US broadcasters, quoting senior US officials, said Israeli missiles had hit an Iranian site. 🔗: https://t.co/okXq8AB0Oh https://t.co/qEEmZFXuIk
Iranian senior official says country has no plan to respond to Israeli strike immediately: report https://t.co/4nPaDomERc
Iran has no plans to strike Israel back immediately, Reuters reports, citing a senior Iranian official "The foreign source of the incident has not been confirmed. We have not received any external attack, and the discussion leans more towards infiltration than attack,” Reuters…
Iran says no retaliation planned, as both sides seek distance from Isfahan attack https://t.co/d8TGa7rviU
Iran’s air defences brought down three small drones over the central city of Isfahan, state media reported, hours after US broadcasters, quoting senior US officials, said Israeli missiles had hit an Iranian site https://t.co/Wzq1t7hrP6 https://t.co/onZsielyMg
An Iranian official: "There is no plan for an immediate response, it is not clear who is behind the attack." 😁😁😁
An analyst told Iranian state TV that mini drones flown by 'infiltrators from inside Iran' had been shot down by air defenses in Isfahan. https://t.co/VaQLfXTLG6
A senior Iranian official: There is no immediate plan for retaliation, and it's not clear who is behind the attack. Understood .. Knees knocking #باجناق #kotlet
ISFAHAN, IRAN🇮🇷: The moment Iranian Air Defence shot down several mini quadcopters Iranian state media reports there were no reports of an attack from abroad on Isfahan or any other part of Iran The US claims Israel DID launch airstrikes against Iran Iran says there was ‘no… https://t.co/Q8Jg2haqE6
JUST IN Senior Iranian official: "There is no immediate plan for a response, it is unclear who is behind the attack." Via @N12News 🤡🤡🤡 https://t.co/E0JZk9smM3
🇮🇷🇮🇱 IRAN: WE DON'T KNOW WHO ATTACKED US Senior Iranian officials said there is no plan to immediately respond to last night's attack, claiming it's because they don't know who is responsible for it. Source: @sentdefender https://t.co/Tt8POoIDtq https://t.co/F2QGNHTU8l
🇮🇷🇮🇱 IRAN CLAIMS ATTACK LAUNCHED FROM 2 LOCATIONS Officials believe the attack involved several different groups of micro-drones, which they claim were shot down by air defenses over Isfahan in Central Iran and Tabriz, near the border with Azerbaijan. Source: @sentdefender https://t.co/htaKEHXi3s https://t.co/QfsLd65YN1
Senior Iranian Officials have reportedly told Reuters that there is currently No Plan for an Immediate Retaliatory Response to tonight’s Attack on Iran, because it is still Unclear who is Responsible.
#BREAKING #Iran is not planning an immediate response to the night strike, "unclear who is behind it", senior Iranian official told Reuters
SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIAL: THERE IS NO PLAN FOR IMMEDIATE RETALIATION; THERE IS NO CLARIFICATION ON WHO IS BEHIND THE INCIDENT.
Senior Iranian Official: No Plan For Immediate Retaliation - No Clarification On Who Is Behind Incident
State media in Iran have played down a reported attack by Israel, saying the strikes were limited to drones that failed to penetrate its air defense systems. https://t.co/gCZ8JyhmTC
ISFAHAN, IRAN🇮🇷: The moment Iranian Air Defence shot down several mini quadcopters Iranian state media reports there was no reports of an attack from abroad on Isfahan or any other part of Iran The US claims Israel DID launch airstrikes against Iran Iran says there was ‘no… https://t.co/B4p3MLcZa9
Mini drones shot down by air defenses in #Isfahan were flown by “infiltrators from inside #Iran,” an Iranian analyst tells State TV, after sources said Israel launched an attack on Iranian soil. https://t.co/s2K6twr0sJ
IRANIAN ANALYST TO STATE TV: 'MINI DRONES FLOWN BY INFILTRATORS FROM INSIDE THE COUNTRY'
IRANIAN ANALYST TO STATE TV: 'MINI DRONES FLOWN BY INFILTRATORS FROM INSIDE THE COUNTRY.'
Iranian officials said that the attack was carried out by small drones, possibly launched from inside Iran, and that its radar systems had not detected unidentified aircraft entering Iranian airspace. They said that a separate group of small drones were shot down in the region of… https://t.co/c1TGwkB5xW
Iranian sources confirm that there was no missile attack or airstrike on Isfahan, and only a few mini-quadcopters were intercepted near the airbase. https://t.co/y6cQHMaSbA
Iranian air defense destroyed several small drones At night, residents of Iranian Isfahan (in the center of Iran) heard the sounds of explosions. According to a representative of the Iranian army, an air defense system was operating in Isfahan, “which destroyed several small… https://t.co/eEI4ERLQ4y
JUST IN - No foreign attack on Iranian cities including Isfahan took place, an "informed source" told Iran's Press TV on Friday, as Isfahan's air defence systems were activated to intercept suspected drones earlier in the day, Reuters reports
🇮🇷🇮🇱 IRAN CLAIMS ATTACKS CAME FROM INSIDE IRAN! Iranian Space Agency spokesman Hussein Delirian: "The downed drones had a short range and were certainly launched from inside Iran." Source: @AlMayadeenNews https://t.co/M2vVBpApBh
🇮🇱🇮🇷 Iranian official to Reuters: "The explosion heard in isfahan was a result of the activation of Iran's air defence system, multiple small drones were shot down" U.S Officials to Axios says Missiles launched by Israel were NOT intercepted and hit their target. https://t.co/tCd9R1A6gi
Iran claims in the early hours of Friday morning, air defenses intercepted several "small drones" near Isfahan, claiming to have destroyed all of them, resulting in no damage. That's their official narrative.
It seems that #Israel's strike in Isfahan was very limited, probably targeted a drone/missile factory. #Iran, which vowed to retaliate "immediately and forcefully" over any Israeli response, attempts to minimize the event with a claim that 3 drones were intercepted without…
🔴 IRGC affiliated news agency denies Israeli strikes on Iran, says "no reports of a foreign attack on Isfahan or any other part of the country"
Iranian state TV: 3 drones were destroyed above Isfahan (from Reuters/Haaretz) https://t.co/4Z9t0nL4gf
.@alarabiya: Iranian media reporting three drones intercepted in skies over Isfahan this morning, Iranian aerial defenses activated https://t.co/ADZcnW7M7P
🚨🇮🇷🇮🇱 IRAN MOCKS ISRAEL: "There's been no airstrike in Isfahan or other parts of the country. They only made a failed and humiliating attempt to fly quadcopters, and they were all shot down." https://t.co/4FzbdyD1KF
Iranian media is downplaying the attack saying it was small and that everything was intercepted. Rhetoric that makes it seem that no retaliation from Iran is needed. https://t.co/f2E42V2R2u
⚡#BREAKING Iranian State TV: 'At around 1230 am GMT three drones were observed in the sky over Isfahan. The air defense system became active and destroyed these drones in the sky” — Reuters
IRANIAN STATE TV REPORTS AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM DESTROYS THREE DRONES OVER ISFAHAN
IRANIAN STATE TV: 'AT AROUND 1230 AM GMT THREE DRONES WERE OBSERVED IN THE SKY OVER ISFAHAN. THE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM BECAME ACTIVE AND DESTROYED THESE DRONES IN THE SKY”
#BREAKING Iranian official denies airstrikes in Isfahan, dismissing reports as "a failed and humiliating quadcopter attempt, all of which were shot down." #Iran #Isfahan #Israel
Iranian officials downplaying alleged Israeli strikes in Iran - here saying its quadcopters which were shut down https://t.co/z8zzR2T76e
BREAKING: Iranian official denies missile strike and says several drones were shot down by Iranian air defenses @spectatorindex Tehrah Bob denies everything.
Iranian official: "There's been no airstrike in Isfahan or other parts of the country. They only made a failed and humiliating attempt to fly quadcopters, and they were all shot down."
Iranian official: "There's been no airstrike in Isfahan or other parts of the country. They only made a failed and humiliating attempt to fly quadcopters, and they were all shot down." - BNO https://t.co/3tbCKD3nsf
Iranian media is denying Israel launched missiles and claiming several drones were shot down by Iranian air defenses.
BREAKING: Iranian official denies missile strike and says several drones were shot down by Iranian air defenses
Iran security outlets are saying the attack was done by micro air vehicles (mini-drones basically) and not missiles. Means quite limited. And means they are downplaying it (which is good because it brings down expectations)
BREAKING: Iranian official says several drones shot down by air defenses, denies missile strike
🚨🇮🇷IRAN CLAIMS IT SHOT DOWN 3 DRONES "A spokesman for the Iranian Space Agency confirmed that the air defenses intercepted 3 targets in the sky of the city of Isfahan." Source: Al-Mayadeen https://t.co/7CM1xnmSG6
#Iran|ian media claim that several small drones were shot down in Isfahan and that there no explosion on the ground. It looks like an attempt to minimize the attack, and its impact, by Tehran https://t.co/T4aVn2PeM5
🛑 | 🇮🇷 🛑Reliable Iranian journalist: Contrary to the news published by Western media, there is no image or video of long-range missile flights in the attack on Isfahan. Anti-aircraft activities are probably due to attacks by (quadcopter/mini) drones ________ CONFIRMED:… https://t.co/B8GkWAaWuM
🛑 Iranian media: Until this moment, there has been no air attack from outside the borders of Iran. They have only made a failed and humiliating attempt to attack with quadcopters, which (all) were shot down. https://t.co/lMO6wl2pUH