Isfahan

A handout image grab made available by the Iranian state TV, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), shows a live picture of the city of Isfahan

Iran's state media reported explosions in the central province of Isfahan Friday, as U.S. media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out retaliatory strikes on its arch-rival.

The comments come amid speculation about Washington's possible involvement in a recent drone attack on an Iranian military factory.
"Using the military option at any level means US entering into war," Tehran's permanent mission to the UN told Newsweek on Monday. Iran currently considers such a possibility to be weak, according to the statement.

Iranian officials said drones struck a munitions manufacturing facility in the central Iranian city of Isfahan overnight in what U.S. officials on Sunday said was an Israeli operation, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Bomb-carrying drones targeted an Iranian defense factory in the central city of Isfahan overnight, authorities said early Sunday, causing some damage at the plant amid heightened regional and international tensions engulfing the Islamic Republic.

Amid the global unrest over the civil unrest triggered by Mahsa Amini's death, the Iranian judiciary on Monday handed down three more death sentences, reported France24.

Riot police were deployed in force on Nov. 27 in the Iranian city of Isfahan, a day after dozens were arrested in violent protests over the drying up of a lifeblood river.

Security forces fired tear gas during the clashes with stone-throwers in the protest in the dry bed of the Zayadneh Rood river that crosses the city, Fars and ISNA news agencies said.

Iran's authorities have restricted mobile internet access in several provinces, an Iranian news agency reported on Dec. 25, a day before new protests were expected to kick-off following calls for demonstrations on social media.

Turkey's foreign minister was received on June 21 by his Iranian counterpart in Isfahan, central Iran.

Turning to the bilateral cooperation between Iran and Bulgaria in the field of science and technology, he said, "we have devised a clear framework in the form of an agreement between Iran and Bulgaria in the fields of culture, science, education and sport.

BELGRADE - Marking the Iranian Islamic Republic Day, the Iranian Culture Days will be held in Serbia from February 7 through 12.

Naghme, a band from Isfahan, will perform at the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade, which will also host an exhibition of photos, illustrations and artifacts.

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