The Iranian news agency IRNA reported early Friday, citing an official from Bushehr, that the explosion heard in the city on Thursday evening was caused by air defense system activity. The agency also reported that a military site on the outskirts of Bushehr was hit by a US-Israeli missile. The claims cannot be independently verified.
The Zioneer reported early Friday that the Iranian state news agency IRNA, citing an unnamed official from Bushehr, attributed the explosion heard in the city on Thursday evening to air defense system activity. The same report also claimed that a military site on the outskirts of Bushehr was hit by a US-Israeli missile. This marks the first official attribution from Iran since the incident began.
The development comes after a series of reports on Thursday night. At 21:40 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that a third consecutive night of US airstrikes was underway, with explosions heard in Bushehr and Konarak. By 22:30, Iranian officials accused Israel and the United States of striking a military base near Bushehr. At 22:33, an Iranian official confirmed to IRNA that the sound was caused by air defense activity, without mentioning a missile strike. The sequence of reports began on Wednesday night, when The Zioneer reported air defense system activations in Isfahan and later in Bushehr, at 23:53 Jerusalem, according to Israeli journalist Hananel Aviv and security analyst Yair Goldblatt.
The wider context, as The Zioneer previously reported, includes a sustained US campaign targeting Iranian air defenses and military infrastructure over several nights. The claim of a US-Israeli missile strike has not been independently verified. The nature of the target and any damage at the military site remain unclear.
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