Nuclear facilities should never be a target in military conflicts. Irans semi official tasnim news agency, which is close to the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps, posted a video with a caption saying. Isfahan s nuclear site is completely safe. In the video, a man near the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Centre is seen showing his watch to the camera to indicate the time and date. We can then see several troops standing around what looks like an air defence battery. Reuters newsagency is reporting that an unnamed iranian source has said there is no immediate plan for retaliation. As well as these explosions in iran, they were reported, too, in Southern Syria apparently from missiles targeting radar sites. And there were also blasts in iraq in the capital baghdad. And babil province to the south. Israel had promised to respond to irans drone and Missile Attack on saturday night. Both nbc and cnn have reported unnamed Officials Saying that israel warned washington, but that washington did not
a base used by pro iranian militias in iraq has been damaged by a large explosion, a day after israel s presumed strike on iran. one person was killed in the blast and intense fire at the base, south of the capital baghdad. iraqi security sources have described the incident as a bombing that had hit weapons and vehicles. the base is used by the popular mobilisation forces an umbrella organisation linking several pro iran militias who ve recently attacked us personnel in iraq. the pentagon says it has not carried out any new strike in iraq. the six month long war in gaza continues. nine people including four children are reported to have been killed in an overnight israeli strike on a residential building in rafah, in the southern gaza strip. the hamas run health ministry says more than 3a,000 people have now been killed in the territory since the war began.
iran s foreign minister has downplayed israel s involvement in the recent attack on his country describing the weapons used as more like children s toys, rather than drones. hossein amir abdollahian made the comments in an interview with us media. he said israeli micro drones used in the operation had caused no deaths or damage, and dismissed it as a desperate attempt by israel to make a victory out of their repeated defeats . he said iran would respond at the maximum level if israel acts against its interests. tehran s muted response to friday morning s events has raised hopes that tensions between the countries can be dampened, and a wider escalation averted. a base used by pro iranian militias in iraq has been damaged by a large explosion, a day after israel s presumed strike on iran. one person was killed and eight others injured in the blast and intense fire at the kalso military base, south of the capital baghdad. this footage from the scene shows
one person was killed in the blast and intense fire at the base, south of the capital baghdad. iraqi security sources have described the incident as a bombing that had hit weapons and vehicles. the base is used by the popular mobilization forces an umbrella organization linking several pro iran militias who ve recently attacked us personnel in iraq. the pentagon says it has not carried out any new strike in iraq. the six month long war in gaza continues. nine people including four children are reported to have been killed in an overnight israeli strike on a residential building in rafah, in the southern gaza strip. the hamas run health ministry says more than 3a,000 people have now been killed in the territory since the war began. an estimated 2.3 million people are sheltering in rafah, where israel s prime minister benjamin remains committed to a big military offensive to defeat hamas, which is designated a terrorist group by many western governments.
and intense fire at the kalso military base, south of the capital baghdad. this footage from the scene shows the aftermath of the explosion, which iraqi security sources have described as a bombing which hit weapons and vehicles. the base is used by the popular mobilisation forces an umbrella organisation linking several pro iran militias who ve recently attacked us personnel in iraq. the pentagon says it has not carried out any new strike in iraq. let s speak to jasmine el gamal, a political analyst and former middle east adviser at the us department of defence. good to have you on the programme. lots to discuss. let s start with iran s response and reaction to that attack, which we think was by israel. what do you make of their response, really trying to downplay it? 50 response, really trying to downplay