Explosions occurred at the Iranian Defense Ministry’s ammunition production center in Isfahan Province.
Relevant videos were published on social media.
Updated at 2:24 a.m. on January 29. Iran International reports explosions and a fire in Karaj, west of Tehran.
In addition, according to the publication, air raid sirens went off at the Nozheh air base in Hamedan (western Iran).
Updated at 2:07 a.m. on January 29. LiveIranNews reports that the explosion was also heard in the Iranian city of Dezful in the Khuzestan Province.
The publication also publishes a video in which, according to its data, the explosion was heard in the sky over Tehran, the capital of Iran.
Updated at 1:55 a.m. on January 29. Social media reports that aircraft have been flown into Iranian airspace. It is not yet known whose planes are involved.
Updated at 0:51 on January 29. Israeli Defense Forces officer Yigal Levin said on his Telegram channel that, in addition to Isfahan, strikes, and explosions are reported in various parts of Iran – Hamadan, Khoya, Garah, Tabriz, and Kerez.
Meanwhile, LiveIranNews publishes a video of a large-scale fire in Tabriz.
Iranian state broadcaster IRIB, citing a representative of Iran’s security service, reports no casualties.
– The explosion occurred in one of the munitions production centers of the Ministry of Defense, and according to the statement of … Deputy Governor of Isfahan for Security, there were no casualties, – IRIB said.
Mohammad Reza Jan Nishari, deputy political security officer of Isfahan province, said that the damage and causes of the incident are being investigated, Radio Farda reports.
In a statement, the Iranian Defense Ministry confirmed that drones carried out the attack on the plant.
An unsuccessful drone attack was carried out on one of the workshops of the Ministry of Defense complex… one of them was hit by an air defense system, and the other two fell and exploded.
– Fortunately, this unsuccessful attack did not result in any casualties and caused minor damage to the roof of the workshop, which did not disrupt the equipment and tasks of the complex, – the statement said.
The state news agency IRNA, citing eyewitnesses, reports that the explosion occurred at one of the defense enterprises under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense on Khomeini Street in Isfahan.
Telegram channels covering the news of the city of Isfahan report that “the sound of several terrible explosions was heard.”
The Ukrainian Telegram channel Armed Forces of Ukraine. War against the Occupiers reports that the plant produces ammunition and drones.
According to the same source, Iran’s oil refinery and a weapons factory are on fire.
In addition, explosions occurred at a military base in Hamadan and Kerez.
So far, there is no confirmation of this information from the Telegram channel.
It is unknown who is responsible for the explosions in the center of Iranian ammunition production.
