Multiple Iranian agencies are reporting the Marvdasht Petrochemical Complex has been targeted in an “enemy attack”.
The Fars news agency says the attack resulted in a fire that was “contained within the first few minutes”.
Citing the Marvdasht County Governor’s Office, the semi-official Tasnim news agency adds that “no significant damage was inflicted” on the industrial unit.
Earlier, Israel said it had struck the South Pars petrochemical plant in Asaluyeh, in the south of Iran.
Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz has released a statement saying they have struck a petrochemical facility in Iran, as he says the IDF has been instructed to continue to attack Iranian infrastructure “with all force”.
“The IDF has now strongly attacked the largest petrochemical facility in Iran located in [Asaluyeh],” he says, adding the facility produced around half of the country’s petrochemicals.
The new attack follows an attack on another facility “last week”, Katz says.
“Now the two facilities, which together are responsible for about 85% of Iran’s petrochemical exports – have been taken out of service and are not functioning,” the statement from Katz reads.
“This is a severe economic blow worth tens of billions of dollars to the Iranian regime. The petrochemical industry is a major engine in financing the activities of the Revolutionary Guards and in building Iran’s military power.”
The semi-official Tasnim news agency has in the last few moments reported that two petrochemical companies have been attacked.
