Iran Evacuates Karoon Oil Refinery After Reported Israeli Airstrike
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Iran evacuated the Karoon oil refinery in Bandar-e Mahshahr after an Israeli airstrike, as reported by IRNA, following damage to petrochemical facilities in Khuzestan Province.
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Ongoing tensions between Iran and Israel have led to periodic military exchanges.
DOHA, June 8. /TASS/. Iranian authorities evacuated employees from the Karoon oil refinery in the southwestern city of Bandar-e Mahshahr following an Israeli airstrike, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported. According to a statement from the Mahshahr Petrochemical Special Economic Zone Organization, day-shift employees were evacuated after the refinery came under Israeli attack. Earlier, Iran's Al Alam television channel reported that facilities at a petrochemical plant in Khuzestan Province had been damaged in Israeli strikes. Prior to that, the Israeli military said it had carried out an attack on a petrochemical complex in Bandar-e Mahshahr.
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Further retaliation from Iran
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Open Questions
- Extent of damage to the refinery
- Official Israeli statement on the attack
