Explosive drones launched by parties unknown struck a weapons factory in the central Iranian city of Isfashan on Saturday night, the AP reports, citing an Iranian Defense Ministry statement. The defense ministry claimed the damage was minimal and there were no casualties, which could be true or could also mean the place was blown sky high and hundreds are dead as authoritarian regimes like Iran’s aren’t known to be especially forthcoming when it comes to acknowledging setbacks.
The strike comes amid increasing tensions with both Israel and neighboring Azerbaijan, whose military have been supplied with drones by Israel. On Friday a gunman opened fire inside the Azeri Embassy in Tehran, shooting the embassy’s security chief dead and wounding two others before apparently escaping, possibly with the help of Iranian police.