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The US has sanctioned a far-right Israeli activist who, Israeli media report, is close to controversial far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.
The commander of the air defence system in Isfahan - where the reported strike is said to have hit - has told state-controlled Iranian TV that an attack was thwarted earlier today. The state department designated Ben-Zion Gopstein, the founder and leader of Lehava, which opposes assimilation with non-Jews.
"The sound that was heard this morning in Isfahan was not an explosion," says Siavash Mihandoost. "It was the firing of the rockets of the powerful air defence systems at an object." The US state department says that under Gopstein’s leadership, "Lehava and its members have been involved in acts or threats of violence against Palestinians, often targeting sensitive or volatile areas".
The incident has caused no damage, Mihandoost claims. Gopstein was banned in 2019 from standing as a candidate for Ben Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party and in January was convicted of incitement to racism.
Iran has downplayed the reports of a missile strike on the country, but Mihandoost says the air defence system is "prepared and ready" to confront anyone "that threatens the land or air" of Iran.
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