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Israel attacks Iran with drones, no harm done. US: 'No OK from us'

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No damage was caused in Israel's night attack on Iran. This was told on Iranian state TV by Siavosh Mihandoust, commander of the Iranian army, adding that the noise heard during the night in Isfahan was due to air defence systems targeting a "suspicious object". Iranian media released pictures of Ifshan this morning minimising the damage.

According to CNN analysts, the attack in Iran attributed to Israel was limited and respects the urging of the US and allies not to increase tension in the region. Their prediction is that Tehran will not respond.

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-Warning the US of the impending attack on Iran, Israel assured Washington that it would not strike the nuclear sites and so it did. This was reported by US executives quoted by the Guardian.

Yesterday, Israel warned the US that it would retaliate against Iran in the coming days, Cnn reported, citing a senior US executive. "We did not approve the response," the source said.

Israel's attack comes after Iran had attacked it in response to the raid on the Damascus consulate in early April in which several senior Iranian officials lost their lives.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that there was no damage to Iranian nuclear sites in Israel's attack on Iran.

Tasnim published a video of one of its reporters saying he was in the southeastern Zerdenjan area of Isfahan, near its 'nuclear power mountain'. The footage showed two different anti-aircraft gun positions and the details of the video matched the known features of the Iranian uranium conversion site in Isfahan.

The Isfahan plant operates three small research reactors supplied by China, as well as managing fuel production and other activities for Iran's civil nuclear programme.

Isfahan also hosts sites associated with Iran's nuclear programme, including the underground enrichment site at Natanz, which has been repeatedly targeted by suspected Israeli sabotage attacks.

State television described all nuclear sites in the area as 'completely safe'.

General Siavosh Mihandoost, commander of the local army, also told state TV that the incident caused "no damage" around Isfahan.

The Dubai-based airlines Emirates and FlyDubai began diverting to western Iran around 4.30 a.m. local time. They offered no explanation, although local warnings to pilots suggested that the airspace may have been closed.

Iran has therefore blocked commercial flights in Tehran and areas in its western and central regions.

Hossein Dalirian, spokesman for Iran's civil space programme, said on the social media platform X that several small 'quadcopter' drones had been shot down. A journalist from Isfahan state television said the same in a live report, saying that 'several small drones were flying in the sky above Isfahan'.

The Israeli attack against Iranian territory was intended to ''send a signal to Iran that Israel has the ability to strike inside the country''. This was stated by an Israeli official to the Washington Post, confirming that the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) conducted a raid inside Iran in retaliation for the more than three hundred Iranian missiles and drones fired towards Israel.

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