The Latest Breaking News from Isfahan

Late last week, Israel targeted three of Iran’s key nuclear facilities – Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, killing several Iranian nuclear scientists. The facilities are heavily fortified and largely underground, and there are conflicting reports of how much damage has been done.

Israel hit Iran on Friday night, targeting strategic sites, senior leaders and nuclear scientists. What are Israel’s primary targets in Iran, and what are the important sites of Iran’s nuclear programme that Israel has not hit in its Friday attack?

The US House of Representatives on Saturday passed billions of dollars in new military aid to Israel which continues to prosecute its war against Hamas, despite growing international concern for the fate of civilians in Gaza. The news came after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Palestinians to 'act with…

Tit-for-tat attacks have breached taboo of direct strikes on each other’s territory but Tehran has no ‘immediate’ plans to retaliate

Israel launched a limited attack on Iranian soil on Friday morning, in the latest tit-for-tat between the two countries

Response raises hopes that Tehran may have shelved reprisal threats and that escalation can be avoided

Iran deployed air defence batteries to intercept three drones, but downplayed the incident.

Iranian state TV reported explosions near the city of Isfahan in central Iran early Friday morning local time.

The limited nature of Israel's reported strike on Iran and the restrained immediate Iranian reaction shows both sides, in particular Tehran, are looking to de-escalate after weeks of tensions but the situation remains dangerously explosive, analysts say.