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Israel Iran war: Israeli missiles struck a location in Iran late on Thursday, following Iran’s drone attack on Israel in retaliation for an assault on the Iranian embassy in Syria, according to ABC News, citing a US official.Iran’s Fars news agency reported an explosion at an airport in the city of Isafahan, but the cause was not immediately clear. Isfahan province is home to several Iranian nuclear facilities, including the Natanz uranium enrichment center.Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country reserved the right to protect itself after Iran’s unprecedented attack, and that it alone would decide how to do so. Iran launched more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel over the weekend in an attack that caused little damage after most of the projectiles were intercepted. The Israeli military has vowed to respond, prompting a diplomatic flurry aimed at calming the Middle East. Israel’s allies in Washington and Brussels have pledged to ramp up sanctions against Iran, while British Foreign Secretary David Cameron and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock became the first Western envoys to visit Israel since the attack. Netanyahu told the visiting ministers that Israel “will reserve the right to protect itself,” his office said. The pair offered “all kinds of suggestions and advice” during a meeting, Netanyahu said. “However, I would also like to clarify: we will make our decisions ourselves.” For his part, Cameron said “we’re very anxious to avoid escalation and to say to our friends in Israel: It’s a time to think with head as well as heart.”
Israel has launched a major attack on Iran. American media has made this claim. Explosions have been heard near Isfahan Airport in Iran. Israel has retaliated against Iran after the April 14 attack. Tension between the two countries started on 1 April. Israel attacked Iran’s embassy in Syria’s capital, Damascus. After this, on April 14, Iran retaliated against Israel and now Israel has responded to that attack.
It has been seen in some videos that its air defense system is working in the city of Iran. According to initial reports, this Israeli attack took place in Isfahan, the same city where Iran’s nuclear plant is located. After the attack, Iran has banned all flights in its airspace. After which an atmosphere of fear has been created in the area.
Iran called emergency meeting
So far, there is news of targeting 9 locations of Iran. Along with Iran, Israel has also built Iranian-backed military bases in Iraq and Syria. After the attack, Iran has called an emergency meeting of its officials. Iran’s proxies are present in Syria and Iraq and these proxies also helped Iran in the previous attack. Now Israel has targeted them.
There was an oath to respond to the attack!
After Iran’s attack on Israel, the Prime Minister of Israel had said that we will definitely respond to this attack. There was no complete consensus regarding the attack in the Israeli War Cabinet. But Israel responded to the attack after a week. However, no casualties have been reported from Iran yet.
According to Iran media, the air defense system has been activated in the country. Let us tell you that the President of Iran had threatened Israel that if Israel attacks now, we will give a very dangerous reply. After Israel’s retaliatory attack, the fear of war spreading in the region has increased further.
Iranian state television says three drones brought down over Isfahan
Iranian state television has been reporting more details on the situation around Isfahan.It says that at “around 1230 AM GMT” three drones were seen in the sky over Isfahan, air defence systems were activated and they “destroyed these drones in the sky.”
Iran says drones shot down, ‘no missile attack for now’
Iran said Friday it shot down several drones and that there had been “no missile attack for now” on the country, after explosions were heard near the central city of Isfahan.Several drones “have been successfully shot down by the country’s air defence, there are no reports of a missile attack for now,” Iran’s space agency spokesman Hossein Dalirian said on X.
Embassy of Iran in India issues press statement on exercise by Iran
“Iran, as a responsible member of the United Nations, emphasizing its commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the rule of law, in response to the Zionist regime’s heinous military aggression and unlawful use of force against diplomatic premises of Uran in Damascus on 1st April 2024, implemented its inherent right of self-defense in accordance with the Article 51 of the UN Charter on 14th April 2024…”
Iran media say nuclear facilities in Isfahan ‘completely secure’
Iran media say nuclear facilities in Isfahan ‘completely secure’
Iran fires air defence batteries in provinces as sound of explosions heard near Isfahan
Iran fired air defence batteries early Friday morning after reports of explosions near the city of Isfahan, the state-run IRNA news agency reported. It remained unclear if the country was under attack. However, tensions remain high in the wider Middle East after Iran’s unprecedented missile-and-drone attack on Israel.IRNA said the defenses fired across several provinces. It did not elaborate on what caused the batteries to fire, though people across the area reported hearing the sounds.
Several Iranian nuclear sites are located in Isfahan province, including Natanz, centerpiece of Iran’s uranium enrichment program
Over the weekend, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles in a retaliatory strike after a suspected Israeli strike on its embassy compound in Syria.Most of the drones and missiles were downed before reaching Israeli territory.
Flights divert around western Iran as explosions and loud noise reportedly heard near Isfahan
Commercial flights began diverting their routes over western Iran without explanation early Friday as one semiofficial news agency in the Islamic Republic reported “explosions” heard over the city of Isfahan. State television acknowledged “loud noise.”The incident comes as tensions remain high in the wider Middle East after Iran’s unprecedented missile-and-drone attack on Israel.Dubai-based carriers Emirates and FlyDubai began diverting around western Iran about 4:30 a.m. local time. They offered no explanation, though local warnings to aviators suggested the airspace may have been closed.
Palestine and Israel on the agenda for FIFA Congress
The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) is bringing a motion at the FIFA Congress in May demanding “decisive action” against Israel and its football association (IFA).
The motion, which would require the first debate at a major sports body conference on the war in the Gaza Strip, will be one of the main items on the agenda in Bangkok at the annual meeting, along with the choice of host of the 2027 Women’s World Cup and a plan to combat racism.
The proposal is based on a letter the PFA sent to FIFA in March.
It calls for “appropriate sanctions, with immediate effect, against Israeli teams, including national representative teams and club teams, due to the international law violations committed by the Israeli occupation in Palestine, particularly in Gaza”.
Israel’s military offensive followed the October 7 attack by Hamas in southern Israel.
The PFA accuses its Israeli counterpart the IFA of violating FIFA’s statutes by recognising clubs based in occupied territory and for failing to take “decisive action against discrimination and racism, in the areas under its jurisdiction”.
“Only in Israeli football can a club openly block Arabs from joining its ranks, and harsh violence is treated solely as a disciplinary infraction,” the PFA statement said singling out Beitar Jerusalem which, it said, has never signed an Arab player.
The proposal was supported by the Algerian, Iraqi, Jordanian, Syrian and Yemeni football federations — but not by Qatar or Saudi Arabia.
The agenda in Bangkok also includes the creation of new FIFA committees “including seven for women’s football”, and the choice of the host for the 2027 Women’s World Cup.
A joint European bid by Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands will be pitted against the United States and Mexico — already hosts of the previous year’s men’s World Cup alongside Canada.
Iran kept warning, on one side it threatened the UN, on the other side Israel fired a missile
Iran told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that it should stop Israel from carrying out any military operation against Iran. In response to which Israel has said that it will retaliate against Iran’s April 13 missile and drone attack. After which today (April 19) Israel has attacked Iran. American media has claimed that the sound of an explosion was heard near Isfahan Airport in Iran.
However, regarding the attack, Iran says that it attacked Israel on April 1 in response to the attack on its embassy complex in Damascus. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian gave a strict warning to Israel, saying that if the Israeli regime launches any kind of attack, the Islamic Republic of Iran will use its rights to give a befitting reply, which Israel will regret. He further said that Iran may review its “nuclear doctrine” after Israel’s threats.
How did Israel respond?
Earlier on Thursday, speaking at the Security Council, Israel’s UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan took a dig at the presence of Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. Israel’s ambassador commenting on Iran said that Iran is here to make fun of you, he is here to show you – that his country can attack another member state on Saturday, and then he will be here on Thursday. Can come and talk on human rights and international law.
What did the Secretary General say
In the United Nations Security Council meeting on the Middle East, Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged both countries to exercise restraint. Guterres said that the time has come to end this terrible war, the time has come to stop it. He further said that international bodies should work together to prevent any action that could put civilians as well as the entire Middle East at risk.
