Meanwhile in Iraq, where a number of Iranian-backed militias are based, residents of Baghdad reported hearing sounds of explosions, but the source of the noise was not immediately clear. It wasn’t immediately clear where that happened or if it was part of the ongoing incident in Iran. Hossein Dalirian, a spokesman for Iran’s civilian space program, said on the X social media platform that several small “quadcopter” drones had been shot down. Iranian state television began a scrolling, on-screen alert acknowledging a “loud noise” near Isfahan, without immediately elaborating. Loudspeakers informed customers of the incident at Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, online videos purported to show. Iran later announced it grounded commercial flights in Tehran and across areas of its western and central regions. They offered no explanation, though local warnings to aviators suggested the airspace may have been closed.

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