Iran’s Air Defenses Successfully Confront Israeli Aggression


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Air Defense Base said the country’s air defenses have successfully confronted Israeli acts of aggression.

The Air Defense Base issued a statement on Saturday, saying that the criminal, illegitimate and fake regime of Israel in a move to escalate tensions launched attacks on some military sites in the provinces of Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam in the early hours of today.

Iran’s air defenses intercepted and successfully confronted the acts of aggression, it said, adding that some limited damage was caused in some areas, the dimensions of which are being investigated.

The statement urged people to maintain unity and calm and ignore rumors spread by the enemy media.

Loud sounds were heard by some people in the vicinity of Tehran in the wee hours of Saturday, which Iranian security sources said were due to the activation of air defense systems.

According to reports, Iranian air defenses successfully shot down adversarial targets in the airspace around Tehran province.

Footage shared online captured what appeared to be interceptions over the Iranian capital.