Israel attacks Iran weapon factory

 Wall Street Journal:

Israel Strikes Iran Amid International Push to Contain Tehran

Israeli, American officials discuss new ways to combat Iranian operations

Israel carried out a drone strike targeting a defense compound in Iran, as the U.S. and Israel look for new ways to contain Tehran’s nuclear and military ambitions, according to U.S. officials and people familiar with the operation.

Iranian officials said that the country’s air defenses had fended off an attempted attack by three small quadcopters targeting a munitions factory in the city of Isfahan, right next to a site belonging to the Iran Space Research Center, which has been sanctioned by the U.S. for its work on Iran’s ballistic-missile program.

Iran said its air defenses brought down one of the drones while the two others exploded above the warehouse, causing minor damage to the roof.
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Israel’s latest strike comes as Israeli and American officials are discussing new ways to combat Iran’s destabilizing operations, including its deepening military cooperation with Russia.
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It appears to have been a minor harassing attack against Iran's weapon industry.  It could be an attack to thwart Iran's support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 

See, also:

Bomb-carrying drones targeted a defense factory in central Iran

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Reports of the drone strike came as a large fire broke out at an oil refinery near the city of Tabriz on Saturday.

Iran has reported several incidents relating to its facilities in recent years.

In June, Iran claimed to have stopped a "sabotage attack" targeting a civilian nuclear facility in Tehran.

Authorities also claimed in July to have thwarted a plot to blow up a "sensitive" defense facility in Isfahan, and arrested a group of Kurdish militants who they accused of working with Israel.

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The shadow war between Israel and Iran goes on. 

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