Explosions in Iran, an Israeli drone attack…

The nature of the strong explosions heard in Iran this Friday morning is still unclear. The Iranian Tasnim agency indicated, citing “well-informed sources”, that there was “no information indicating an attack from abroad”, after explosions heard in the country.

“Contrary to rumors and claims made by Israeli media,” there “are no reports of an attack from abroad on the central city of Isfahan or any other part of the country,” the statement said. agency, while no Iranian leader has publicly commented on the explosions and senior US officials have reported an Israeli attack in retaliation for the unprecedented drone and missile strikes against Israel last weekend.

The US Embassy in Israel on Friday ordered its employees and their families to limit their travel within the country, hours after explosions were reported in Iran and attributed by US officials to Israel.

The embassy indicates on its website that “US government employees and members of their families” cannot travel “for personal reasons” outside the major cities of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Beersheba. This security notice is valid “until further notice”, she said.

Air connections resumed early Friday morning at Tehran’s two airports after being suspended following explosions reported in Iran, according to the official Irna agency.

Planes could again land and take off from Imam Khomeini international and Mehrabad domestic airports, Irna said, indicating that a flight from Rome, which had been diverted to Ankara, was expected in Tehran.

Israeli strikes targeted a Syrian army position in southern Syria at dawn on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) said, as Israel launched an attack against the Iran according to American media.

“Israeli strikes targeted a radar position of the Syrian army between the provinces of Soueida and Deraa,” Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the OSDH, based in the United Kingdom but who has from a vast network of sources in Syria.

The official Iranian agency IRNA announced Friday that “no major damage” had been reported after the explosions heard at dawn.

“Following the activation of air defense in certain regions of the country,” “no large-scale damage or explosions have been reported,” the agency said, based on information reported by its journalists.

She clarified that “no information indicating launches of anti-missile defense systems” had been received.

Washington was warned of the Israeli attack on Iran early Friday morning but neither approved the operation nor played any role in its execution, officials were quoted as saying by US media.

NBC and CNN, citing sources familiar with the matter and a US official respectively, reported that Israel had warned Washington of its operation on Iran.

Israel announced to the United States on Thursday that it would take retaliatory measures against Iran in the coming days, a senior US official told CNN. But “we did not approve the response,” said this senior official, according to CNN.

The White House had no immediate comment on the Israeli strike.

Loud explosions were reported early Friday in central Iran, with senior U.S. officials saying an Israeli attack was in retaliation for unprecedented drone and missile strikes against Israel last weekend.

Tehran reported three explosions near a military base in the center of the country, the official Fars agency reported.

Drones have been shot down but there has been no missile attack “so far,” Iranian authorities said. And the nuclear installations based in the Isfahan region (center) are “totally safe,” said the Tasnim agency.

Iran activated its air defense in several provinces early Friday after reports of explosions in the center of the country, the official IRNA agency said.

On this Friday, April 19, the editorial staff of 20 minutes is once again mobilized to give you all the information on the Near and Middle East. Fears of an embrace of the region are still strong while Israel intends to implement a “response” to Iran’s unprecedented attack against its territory.