Photo Credit: Sepah NewsThe Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that Israel was behind an overnight drone strike that targeted a munitions factory in the Iranian city of Isfahan. The Iran Space Research Center is under sanctions by the United States due to its ballistic missiles program. The Saudi channel quoted American sources as saying the attack was a “message to Russia and Iran.”האמריקנים מכחישים. “We continue to monitor the situation, but we have nothing to say about it.”Tehran’s Foreign Ministry claimed the attack was thwarted by Iranian aerial defenses. The Biden Administration agreed last year to allow Israel to purchase four KC-46A refueling tankers that could be used for such an attack.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 29, 2023 19:06 UTC