Iran's ambassador to the United Nations has accused Israel of being "
responsible
" for the drone attack on Saturday (January 28th) against an Iranian military site in the province of Isfahan (center), Iranian media reported on Thursday.
“
Preliminary investigations show that the Zionist regime (Israel) is responsible for the terrorist attack against the Defense Ministry production site
,” Amir Saeid Iravani said in a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. , according to the ISNA news agency.
A hidden war
Saeid Iravani did not give details of these investigations, but referred to recent statements by Israeli officials who threatened to attack Iranian infrastructure.
He also called on the UN Security Council to "
condemn the belligerent statements of the Zionist authorities and call on this regime to abide by international law by ending its dangerous programs and destructive activities in the region
".
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The drones, three quadricopters, targeted a production site in Isfahan on the night of Saturday January 28 to Sunday January 29, without causing any casualties, causing “
minor damage
”, according to the Iranian Ministry of Defense.
The two countries have been waging a latent war for years.
Israel accuses Iran, which denies, of wanting to acquire the atomic bomb and says it is seeking by all means to prevent it.
Israel also wants to counter Iran's influence in the Middle East.
“Iran reserves the right to defend its national security”
Tehran accuses him in return of being behind a series of sabotages and assassinations targeting its nuclear program.
“
Iran reserves the right to defend its national security and to respond resolutely to any threat or wrongdoing by the Zionist regime
,” the Iranian diplomat warned.
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On Wednesday February 1, the Nour news agency, considered close to the National Security Council of the Islamic Republic, had implicated Kurdish opposition groups based in Iraq for their alleged involvement in the attack, ordered according to it by a "
foreign security service
".
“
The components of the drones that attacked the Ministry of Defense production site in Isfahan, as well as the explosive material, were transferred to Iran with the participation of anti-revolutionary Kurdish groups based in Iraqi Kurdistan
”, she had accused. .
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