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  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Al Mayadeen + Agencies
  • 19 Apr 2024 07:03
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Iranian sources refuted claims that an Israeli aggression was launched on Iran on Friday.

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No external aggression on Iran occurred after Friday midnight, Iranian sources informed on the matter told Al Mayadeen. 

Following circulating news on Western-based media outlets, regarding a supposed Israeli attack on Iran, sources told Al Mayadeen that such an event did not occur. Instead, Iranian air defenses repelled a relatively small drone attack in Tabriz and Isfahan, which were likely launched domestically. 

What is being circulated about an Israeli attack on Iran are lies and are part of a misinformation war, according to our sources.

I'm in Isfahan. I didn't hear the explosion as it happened just outside of the city. The city is calm and quiet for now.

6:05 am. #Iran

— Setareh Sadeqi 🇮🇷 ستاره صادقی (@Leelako) April 19, 2024

Iranian sources also added that complicit United States media outlets are waging a proxy war of disinformation on behalf of the Israeli occupation.

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This comes after Iran's Space Agency confirmed that several drones, of unspecified origin, were downed over Iranian airspace. The agency said that no missile attack on Iran occurred on Friday.

The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) said that short-range and medium-range Iranian air defense batteries repelled the attack. 

Earlier, Iran's Mehr News Agency, citing the Director General of the Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company, said that all air traffic was suspended in Isfahan, Shiraz, and Tehran. Iranian media outlets reported that air defense systems were activated in Isfahan, as explosions of an unknown cause were heard.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent, citing the spokesperson of the Iranian Space Agency, said that air defense batteries responded to three targets over Isfahan. He added that reports indicate that air defenses responded to threats in Qahjavarestan, northeast of Isfahan, as no aerial objects hit ground targets.

Our correspondent stressed that all of the explosions heard on Friday were a result of air defense interceptions.

The Islamic Republic News Agency reports that air defenses were activated in Tabriz, in northern Iran, resulting in a series of explosions. The agency added that no aerial objects hit ground targets in Tabriz and that all loud sounds were a result of interceptors exploding over Tabriz's sky.

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