Five injured as US-Israeli airstrikes target six petrochemical plants in Khuzestan

US-Israeli airstrikes have targeted six petrochemical plants across the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan, leaving at least five wounded.

According to local media, the US-Israeli attacks were carried out in eastern and western Mahshahr city at 10;45 a.m. local time on Saturday.

The city’s petrochemical plants, including Fajr 1, Fajr 2, Rejal, Abu Ali, Bandar Emam, and Amir Kabir, were hit with air-to-ground missiles.

According to a statement released by the local authorities, the probability of death or injury of the employees is high.

The Shalamcheh border crossing between Iran and Iraq was also hit and severely damaged, according to local authorities.

In a statement released on Saturday, the Public Relations Department of Mahshahr’s Petrochemical Region said that all employees have been evacuated from the plants, and the electricity has been cut off from the region.

First responders, medical personnel, and the fire department are present in the region, and the situation is under control, the statement read.

The US and the Israeli regime launched a war of aggression against Iran on February 28, assassinating the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei and several high-ranking military commanders despite the ongoing Tehran-Washington negotiations on Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.

In return, the Iranian Armed Forces have carried out a series of missile and drone operations against US interests across West Asia and Israeli positions in the occupied territories.

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