Iran says it has repelled a drone attack on a military facility in the center of the country. The target of the attack with three “microdrones” in the night of today was an industrial complex of the Ministry of Defense north of the city of Isfahan, the ministry said, according to the IRNA news agency. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the attack could not deter Iran from developing “peaceful nuclear power.”
The attack reportedly caused minor damage to the roof of a building. But nobody was injured. According to IRNA, the building targeted is an ammunition factory. The attack caused “no disruption” to the activity of the complex.
Iran condemns ‘cowardly act’
Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian spoke to journalists of a “cowardly act” with the aim of “making Iran more insecure”. However, such acts could not “prevent our experts from their will to develop peaceful nuclear power”.
Parliamentarian Mohammed-Hassan Assafari told the Mehr news agency that the Islamic Republic’s “opponents and enemies” wanted to “disrupt” Iran’s “defense capabilities” with this attack.
Iran has several nuclear research facilities in the Isfahan region, including a uranium conversion facility. In April 2021, Tehran announced that production of uranium enriched to 60 percent had started at the Natans site in Isfahan province. Iran is getting close to the 90 percent enrichment required to make a nuclear bomb.