TEHRAN-- An Iranian media outlet connected to the nations top security council said counterrevolutionary Kurdish groups played a logistical function in the attack that targeted a military facility in Isfahan.Nour News, which is close to Irans Supreme National Security Council, stated the Kurdish groups smuggled the equipment utilized in the attack from Iraqi Kurdistan.
Parts of the quadcopters utilized in the current act of sabotage against the workshop of the Ministry of Defense in Isfahan and the explosive materials have actually been brought to Iran with involvement and direction from counterrevolutionary Kurdish groups based in Iraqs Kurdistan region, Nour News said.
According to Nour News, these groups received the parts of the quadcopters and the explosive materials by orders of a foreign security service and after that smuggled them through Irans northwestern porous borders.
They then provided the contraband to a security service agent in one of Irans border cities.
The parts and materials were assembled in an equipped workshop utilizing experienced forces in Iran, Nour News added.
This is the 2nd time Kurdish groups get the blame for an act of sabotage managed by Israel.
Last August, the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence revealed that it arrested members of a Kurdish group trained by Israels spy agencies to target an essential military facility in Isfahan.
Nour News stated Iran repeatedly told the Iraqi government to prevent such subversive acts by Kurdish groups but the Iraqi federal government has stopped working to abide by its legal obligations in this regard.
The Iranian Defense Ministry said in an early Sunday declaration that the Iranian air defense forces repelled a drone strike on a military workshop in the main city of Isfahan on Saturday night.The ministry said one of its workshop complexes had come under attack from a variety of micro aerial lorries (MAVs), but the complexs air defenses effectively repelled the attack.
One of the MAVs was downed by the complexs air defense fire, while the other two were caught in its protective traps and exploded, the declaration included, according to Tasnim.Israeli and Western media attributed the attack to Israel.
The Isfahan attack was not successful, and the words of the Israeli sources are simply propaganda to conceal the failure, an Iranian official told Al Jazeera on Monday.
The authorities added, Preliminary practical indicators indicate Israels participation in the Isfahan attack, and the investigation needs to be pursued.
It is most likely that the drones were launched from inside Iran and close to the target website.
The official cautioned, Israel knows effectively that it will receive a reaction, and this is what happened previously, far from the noise and the abundance of declarations.
Washington distances itself from the attack because it understands it is a failure and will not push Tehran to alter its policies.
There are those who play with fire, and we believe that they will be the very first to burn if they choose to start a regional war.
Irans parliament is set to dispatch a delegation to Isfahan to investigate the attack.