Israel Reportedly Strikes Iran Overnight, Tehran Downplays the Attack

Israel appears to have launched a retaliation attack on Iran early Friday morning, nearly a week after the Islamic nation launched a combination of more than 300 missiles and drones against it. Explosions were reported near the Iranian city of Isfahan, which plays an important role in Iran’s nuclear program, and air defenses were triggered across the country. However, Iranian officials downplayed the attack and did not directly acknowledge the idea that Israel attacked. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi said that “the explosion this morning in the sky of Isfahan was related to the shooting of air defense systems at a suspicious object that did not cause any damage,” according to the Associated Press....