"More Like Toys": Iran Downplays Attack On Its Isfahan Air Base (Image shared by IRNA of Isfahan City On April 19)Iran downplayed the alleged Israeli attack on its airbase in Isfahan. The attack came in less than a week after Tehran launched over 300 missiles on Tel Aviv after as a retaliation to the latter’s attack on Iran’s consulate in Syria that killed several including top commanders. The explosions heard from Isfahan is not confirmed to be an attack from Israel, said Tehran.
Three explosions were heard from Isfahan, which is a major military air base. The region is also home to several Iranian nuclear sites. The country’s state media said several small drones were shot down following the attack.
Foreign Minister of Iran, Hossein Amirabdollahian said the drone strikes on Isfahan were “more like toys that children play with”, as quoted by Reuters. He said the drones took off from inside Iran and flew for a few hundred meters before being downed. He said, “It has not been proved to us that there is a connection between these and Israel…Iran is investigating the matter but the media reports are not accurate”.
Tehran has been referring that the attack might be from “infiltrators” rather than from Israel. At the same time, Iran warned Israel that if Israel is to attack Tehran once again, the response would be immediate and intense. “If Israel wants to do another adventurism and acts against the interests of Iran, our next response will be immediate and will be at the maximum level…But if not, then we are done. We have concluded”, said Amirabdollahian.
US refrained from commenting on the issue. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre White House do not have any comment on the report of attack. Meanwhile, Israel reportedly asked US for more weaponries and tactical vehicles as Benjamin Netanyahu’s government seeks to replenish its stockpile amidst its continued brutal assault on Gaza and the volatile atmosphere with Iran.