Iran's president makes no mention of explosions
The Hindu
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi hailed Tehran’s unprecedented retaliatory attack on Israel almost a week ago but did not mention explosions heard in his country’s central region
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on April 19 hailed Tehran's unprecedented retaliatory attack on Israel almost a week ago but did not mention explosions heard in his country's central region.
World leaders called for de-escalation, after United States media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes on Iran, after the Islamic republic's missile and drone attack against Israel.
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That operation "showed our authority, our people's will of steel and our unity," Mr. Raisi told hundreds of people in Semnan province, east of Tehran.
In the speech, he made no reference to the blasts, and there has been no official reaction either from Iranian or Israeli officials.
The blasts resounded early Friday in the central province of Isfahan, state media said.
Iran's space agency spokesman Hossein Dalirian, referring to a type of drone, said there was "a failed and humiliating attempt to fly quad-copters, which were shot down."