{"id":30312,"date":"2024-04-19T09:35:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T09:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/19\/isfahan-is-home-to-iranian-weapon-facilities\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T09:35:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T09:35:07","slug":"isfahan-is-home-to-iranian-weapon-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/19\/isfahan-is-home-to-iranian-weapon-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Isfahan Is Home to Iranian Weapon Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Isfahan is one of Iran\u2019s most famous and historic cities, known for its beautiful turquoise and purple tiled mosques<\/a>, picturesque arched bridges and Grand Bazaar. The area also hosts a number of Iranian military sites.<\/p>\n

In the early 17th century, Shah Abbas I, known as Abbas the Great, of the Safavid Dynasty, set to work creating a showpiece in Isfahan<\/a>. He built the country\u2019s most famous mosques, including the stunning Imam Mosque, capped by onion-shaped domes, and the Ali Qapu Palace. Shah Abbas and his son also built bridges to arch over the Zayanderud River, whose waters filled the fountains outside the palace and the mosques, and irrigated their gardens.<\/p>\n

That has made the city, home to roughly two million people today, one of the tourist centers of Iran.<\/p>\n

Isfahan is also a center of missile production, research and development for Iran. That <\/span>includes the assembly of Shahab medium-range missiles, which can reach Israel and beyond. And it is the site of four small nuclear research<\/a> facilities, all supplied by China many years ago.<\/p>\n

The Natanz uranium enrichment<\/a> site is also in Isfahan Province, along with an air base that has long hosted Iran\u2019s fleet of American-made F-14 Tomcats \u2014 purchased before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, according to The Associated Press.<\/a> A Russian-made S-300 air defense battery has also been seen in Isfahan, according to an assessment<\/a> by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n