File footage of Iran's Isfahan nuclear facility as Israel launches attack, sources say

Record ID: 1819279

  • Title: File footage of Iran's Isfahan nuclear facility as Israel launches attack, sources say
  • Date: 19th April 2024
  • Summary: ISFAHAN, IRAN (FILE - MARCH 30, 2005) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS - No use Iran. No use BBC Persian. No use VOA Persian. No use Iran International) AERIAL VIEW OF NUCLEAR FACILITY PUMPS INSIDE PLANT THERMOMETER SUBMERGED IN LIQUID SIGN READING (English and Farsi): "Danger: poisonous materials" FURNACE AND SIGN ADVISING USE OF SAFETY MASKS WORKER PULLING LEVER PIPES AND DIALS VARIOUS OF WORKERS POURING BURNING LIQUID FROM CONTAINER
  • Embargoed: 3rd May 2024 08:37
  • Keywords: Iran Israel
  • Location: ISFAHAN, IRAN
  • City: ISFAHAN, IRAN
  • Country: Iran
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
  • Reuters ID: LVA001637619042024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Israel launched an attack on Iranian soil on Friday, sources said, in the latest tit-for-tat exchange between the two arch foes, whose decades of shadow war has broken out into the open and threatened to drag the region deeper into conflict.
    Iranian media reported explosions, but an Iranian official told Reuters those were caused by air defense systems. State media said three drones over the central city of Isfahan had been shot down.
    Israel's leadership and the military were silent early on Friday. Iran has no plan to strike back immediately, a senior Iranian official told Reuters, while state media had an initially subdued response to the attack.
    The United States received notification before Israel's attack, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters, which came days after Iran launched an unprecedented strike on Israel with a barrage of drones and missiles. Most of those were shot down.
    Washington and other global powers had pressed Israel not to respond, or to ensure any further retaliation was limited to prevent a broader conflagration after the latest surge in violence was sparked by the air strike on the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus on April 1 that was blamed on Israel.
    That strike came against the backdrop of Iran's support for the Palestinian Hamas militant group, whose assault into Israel on Oct. 7 triggered Israel's invasion of Gaza.
    The senior Iranian official cast doubt on whether Israel was responsible.
    "The foreign source of the incident has not been confirmed. We have not received any external attack, and the discussion leans more towards infiltration than attack," the Iranian official said on condition of anonymity.
    (Production: Paul Warren, Seham Eloraby)
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