US-Zionist coalition strikes Iranian infrastructure, including petrochemical plants in Khuzestan
A US-Zionist coalition carried out airstrikes on Saturday targeting multiple Iranian infrastructure facilities, including five petrochemical companies in Khuzestan province and the Bushehr nuclear power plant complex, according to local officials.
Deputy Security and Police Governor of Khuzestan Valiullah Hayati told IRNA that multiple airstrikes occurred in various regions of the southwestern province, including Ahvaz, Mahshahr, and Shalamcheh.
A statement from the spokesperson for the emergency situation committee of the Mahshahr Special Petrochemical Economic Zone stated that the petrochemical companies Fajr 1 and 2, Regal, Amir Kabir, and Bu Ali, as well as the Mahshahr special zone, were targeted in the American-Zionist enemy airstrikes on Mahshahr in Khuzestan. According to the decision of the emergency command committee, all forces from active industrial units in the area were fully evacuated.
The statement announced that rescue, HSE, and firefighting teams arrived at the accident sites immediately and are currently extinguishing the fires.
Meanwhile, the National Petrochemical Company announced that the situation is under control and the technical aspects and extent of damages incurred are under investigation.
According to Hayati, five injuries have been confirmed so far from the attack on the Mahshahr special petrochemical zone and Imam Khomeini Port.
Hayati emphasized that casualties, including martyrs and wounded, are likely, and further investigations are underway.
No toxic material leaks
He added that no toxic material leaks have occurred at the petrochemical plants in the special economic zone.
According to managers of Fajr Energy Persian Gulf, following strikes on Fajr 1 and 2, electricity to all Mahshahr petrochemical plants supplied by Fajr Energy Persian Gulf has been cut off.
Border infrastructure hit
Hayati said the Shalamcheh border commercial terminal in Khorramshahr was targeted in an airstrike and sustained serious damage.
Additionally, one person was killed in a renewed enemy attack on the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran.
On Saturday morning, a projectile struck the area surrounding the Bushehr nuclear power plant. As a result of the explosion wave and fragments from this attack, one of the auxiliary buildings of the plant was damaged, and unfortunately one of the physical protection staff members of the plant was martyred.
Previously, the American-Zionist enemy had struck the Bushehr nuclear power plant complex three times since February 28.
Also, Ahmad Nafisi, the deputy governor of Hormozgan province announced that the invading US army and Zionist regime carried out a drone attack on the Bandar Khamir cement factory, which was met with alertness by forces stationed in the area and resulted in no casualties.
In response to attacks on Iranian infrastructure, several US and Israel-dependent industrial facilities in the region have been targeted. A recent statement by the the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) had
said the strikes were a warning, adding that any further attacks on Iranian industries would trigger "a far more devastating response targeting the occupying regime's critical infrastructure and US economic facilities across the region."
According to the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, from the start of the US-Israel war on February 28 to April 1, 90,000 residential, commercial, and office units in the private sector have been damaged.
According to the report, a total of 89,706 units in 24 provinces have been evaluated and registered for damage, of which 16,170 units are in major cities (cities with a population of one million or more), and 73,536 units are in other cities and villages.