A Zelenskyi advisor expresses glee about a drone attack on an Iranian ammunition factory. “Ukraine warned you,” he wrote on Twitter. Tehran summons the country’s top diplomat. According to a media report, Israel is behind the attack.
Iran summoned the Ukrainian chargé d’affaires after a drone attack on a military facility near the city of Ishafan. He is the highest representative of Ukraine in the country. The foreign ministry cited statements by an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and “vindictive actions” by the government in Kyiv as the reason, the semi-state Iranian news agency Tasnim reported.
Zelenskyi adviser Mykhailo Podoliak commented on the attack on Twitter on Sunday with the words: “The logic of war is relentless and murderous. And it pays the authors and accomplices hard bills. (…) Ukraine has you warned.” The government in Kyiv has accused Iran of supplying hundreds of combat drones to Russia to attack civilian targets far from the front lines. Iran has admitted supplying drones to Russia, but before the invasion last year.
According to information from Iran, a production facility of the Ministry of Defense near the metropolis of Isfahan in central Iran was attacked with several small aircraft on Sunday night. Three devices were destroyed by the air defense. No one was injured in the attack. The information could not be independently verified. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian called the attack a “cowardly attack” that would have no impact on his country’s nuclear research.
The Wall Street Journal, citing people “familiar with the operation,” reported that Israel was behind the attacks. The attacked munitions factory is located right next to a site where, according to US information, Iran is working on its missile program. The paper reported that CIA chief William Burns traveled to Israel last week. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is currently visiting Israel as part of a long-planned trip to the Middle East.
As usual, Israel’s army declined to comment on the reports. Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Israel has been considered Iran’s archenemy – and vice versa. Just a few days ago, the United States completed a large-scale military exercise with Israel. The background is growing concerns about Iran’s nuclear program.
