{"id":297356,"date":"2024-10-26T07:23:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T07:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=297356"},"modified":"2024-10-27T08:01:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T08:01:07","slug":"irans-air-defense-successfully-intercepts-counters-israeli-aggression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=297356","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s air defense &#8216;successfully intercepts, counters&#8217; Israeli aggression"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Press TV \u2013 Oct 26, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Iran\u2019s air defense force has confirmed Israeli attacks targeting positions in Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam provinces, saying the aggression was successfully thwarted.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the previous warnings of the officials of the Islamic Republic to the criminal and illegal Zionist regime to avoid any adventurous action, this fake regime attacked parts of military centers in the provinces of Tehran, Khuzestan and Ilam this morning in a tension-causing action,\u201d the air defense force said in a statement on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s integrated air defense system successfully intercepted and countered the act of aggression, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks caused limited damage in some locations and the dimensions of the incident are under investigation, the statement added.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u26a1\ufe0f Here&#8217;s what I have observed at this point in relation to the Israeli strikes against Iran:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Israelis launched a lot of missiles &#8212; all from maximum stand-off distance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Iran put up a LOT of air defense missiles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; There are no firm reports nor video evidence (so far)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Schryver (@imetatronink) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imetatronink\/status\/1850032136067416485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier, security sources said the loud sounds heard by some people in the vicinity of Tehran were due to the activation of air defense systems.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s official <em>IRNA <\/em>news agency cited a security source as saying on Saturday morning some of the sounds heard in the capital were caused by \u201cdefense activity in Tehran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news agency said there were no reports of incidents that required assistance and that the situation at Mehrabad International Airport and the Imam Khomeini International Airport was \u201cnormal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>IRNA <\/em>said Iranian air defenses \u201csuccessfully shot down adversarial targets in the airspace around Tehran province.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Footage shared online captured what appeared to be interceptions over the Iranian capital.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2018Defense activity\u2019 caused loud sounds heard in Tehran<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wGZ5mRhcev\">https:\/\/t.co\/wGZ5mRhcev<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press TV \uf53b (@PressTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressTV\/status\/1849984134023672153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Tasnim News Agency<\/em> reported on Saturday morning that the situation was normal at Imam Khomeini International Airport and Mehrabad Airport.<\/p>\n<p>No missile strike or impact occurred on Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) military centers in the west and southwest of Tehran, the agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>According to information obtained by the news agency, there has been no impact on IRGC military centers in the west or southwest of Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>The sounds heard are related to the army\u2019s air defenses engaging Israeli military actions in three areas around Tehran.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Iran Civil Aviation Organization: All flights cancelled in Iran until further notice <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qbMYJYylWk\">pic.twitter.com\/qbMYJYylWk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press TV \uf53b (@PressTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressTV\/status\/1850006021353193811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Informed sources told <em>Tasnim <\/em>that Iran is ready to respond to Israeli\u00a0aggression, &#8220;as previously stated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Iran reserves its right to respond to any form of aggression, and there is no doubt that Israel\u00a0will receive a proportional reaction to any action taken.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2024\/10\/26\/735983\/%E2%80%98Defense-activity%E2%80%99-caused-loud-sounds-heard-in-Tehran\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel launched a wave of missile strikes against Iran early Saturday morning. However, Iran\u2019s air defences appear to have largely intercepted the incoming projectiles with only limited damage being caused  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":297358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Iran","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=297356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297357,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297356\/revisions\/297357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/297358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=297356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=297356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=297356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}