The Israeli military reportedly launched airstrikes targeting Iran early on Friday, in response to Tehran’s drone attack on its territory over the weekend, amid concerns about escalation between the two Middle Eastern nations.
Citing unnamed Iranian officials, the New York Times reported that the strikes hit an airbase near the city of Isfahan in central Iran, while an unnamed “senior U.S. official” told ABC News that Israel had launched a missile strike against Iran.
The Iranian state controlled Fars News Agency also reported of explosions being heard near the Isfahan airport while Iranian authorities suspended commercial air operations in the city and also the capital Tehran.
On Iranian state TV, however, the country’s officials publicly dismissed reports of the strike calling it “Israeli and American media propaganda” and denied that an emergency meeting of the Supreme National Security Council had been convened.
This is a developing story.