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Iran has fired its air defence batteries and shut down flight operations in a number of elements of the nation following “explosions” close to a significant army base.

Commercial planes started diverting their routes early Friday morning over western Iran with out rationalization as state media reported “explosions” had been heard over the town of Isfahan.

The incident comes amid rising tensions within the Middle East after Iran launched an unprecedented missile-and-drone assault on Israel in retaliation in opposition to a strike on Iran’s consulate in Syria earlier this month.

Israel final week had warned of a army response “to exact the price from Iran in the fashion and timing that is right for us” with out sharing additional particulars.

Air defence programs in Isfahan have been activated in opposition to “an object suspected to be a drone”, the Fars information company reported citing sources. It mentioned three explosions have been heard close to a military base within the metropolis’s northwest.

Isfahan, positioned round 350km south of capital Tehran, is taken into account to be a strategically vital area and residential to Iran’s a number of nuclear websites together with a a significant army air base. The close by metropolis of Natanz is one among Iran’s nuclear enrichment websites.

Iranian state tv says nuclear amenities close to Isfahan are “fully safe” after air defence batteries have been fired within the space.

Dubai-based carriers Emirates and FlyDubai diverted flights round western Iran, although native warnings to aviators advised the airspace may need been closed.

Iran later introduced it grounded business flights in Tehran and throughout areas of its western and central areas.

Hossein Dalirian, a spokesperson for Iran’s civilian house programme, mentioned on the X that a number of small” “quadcopter” drones had been shot down.

However, an Iranian official instructed Reuters that the explosions heard in Isfahan have been a results of the activation of Iran’s air defence programs. The unnamed official claimed no missile assaults have been carried out in opposition to Iran.

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