Iran on Thursday blamed Israel for a drone attack that targeted a military workshop in its central city of Isfahan over the weekend, warning that it “reserves its legitimate and inherent right” to retaliate.
Iran's mission to the United Nations, in a letter it published on its website, attributed the attack , which happened late Saturday, to Israel.
Details on the Isfahan attack, which happened around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, still remain scarce, days after the assault. A Defense Ministry statement said three drones were launched at the facility, with two of them successfully shot down. A third apparently made it through to strike the building, causing “minor damage” to its roof and wounding no one, the ministry said.
Israel had been initially suspected as possibly being behind the attack. Iran's Intelligence Ministry in July claimed to have broken up a plot to target sensitive sites around Isfahan. “The Islamic Republic of Iran reserves its legitimate and inherent right ... to defend its national security and respond resolutely to any threats or wrongful actions by the Israeli regime, wherever and whenever deemed necessary,” the letter read.
Meanwhile Thursday, the head of Iran's civilian nuclear program disputed comments by the International Atomic Energy Agency over Iranian enrichment operations at Fordo. The facility sits under a mountain near the holy Shiite city of Qom, some 90 kilometers southwest of Tehran, and has long been a worry for the West - it was initially built in secret and with the likely ability to withstand airstrikes.
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