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Iran Claims Attacks On Energy Facilities Day After Trump Announced Pause On Strikes
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Energy-related infrastructure in Iran’s Isfahan province and the southwestern city of Khorramshahr has been struck, according to Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency. The reported attacks come a day after US President Donald Trump announced a pause by extending his deadline for Iran to halt actions linked to the Strait of Hormuz
Al Jazeera, citing Fars, reported that a gas administration building and a gas reduction structure in the central Iranian province of Isfahan were hit, causing damage to parts of the facilities as well as nearby residential homes.
The report added that a projectile also struck outside a gas pipeline linked to a power plant in Khorramshahr, a city located near Iran’s border with Iraq and Kuwait.
Fars said there were no casualties in the Khorramshahr incident. The report did not immediately provide details about the exact timing of the reported strikes.
AP similarly reported that the Fars news agency, which is considered close to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, said two energy sites had been struck by airstrikes early Tuesday.
Neither Israel nor the United States had claimed responsibility for strikes in the area as of Monday, AP reported, noting that both countries do not always publicly acknowledge military operations.
It also remained unclear whether the energy infrastructure itself had been directly targeted or was damaged as part of broader strikes in surrounding areas, the report said.
TENSIONS OVER STRAIT OF HORMUZ CONTINUE
The reported strikes come as tensions remain high over the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping route for oil exports.
Donald Trump extended a deadline for Iran to halt attacks that have effectively disrupted shipping through the strategic waterway.
Trump had previously warned Tehran that failure to reopen the strait could lead to airstrikes targeting Iranian power plants.
The extension of the deadline briefly pushed oil prices lower and boosted stock markets, though volatility continued amid uncertainty over the trajectory of the conflict.
AP reported that the possibility of strikes on energy infrastructure has raised concerns that the electricity supply could be affected for millions of people across Iran and Gulf countries.
There are also fears that damage to desalination facilities could disrupt drinking water supply in desert nations across the region.
ONGOING STRIKES ACROSS THE REGION
The reported damage to energy infrastructure comes as hostilities continue across multiple fronts in the Middle East.
According to AP, Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel and Gulf Arab states early Tuesday, with smoke seen rising from central Tel Aviv following explosions.
Officials did not immediately release detailed information on the impact of the blast.
Israel also carried out strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, saying it was targeting infrastructure used by Hezbollah, the Iran-linked militant group.
A strike on a residential apartment southeast of the Lebanese capital killed at least two people, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry cited in the report.
Elsewhere, power lines in Kuwait were struck by air defence shrapnel, causing partial electricity outages for several hours.
Missile alert sirens were also heard in Bahrain, while Saudi Arabia’s Defence Ministry said it had intercepted 19 Iranian drones targeting the kingdom’s Eastern Province.
UNCERTAINTY OVER TALKS AND MILITARY MOVES
Trump has said the United States is in talks with Iran aimed at ending the conflict, though Iranian officials have disputed that claim.
“No negotiations have been held with the US," Iranian parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf mentioned on X, adding that “fake news is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets."
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been in contact with counterparts in several countries, including Azerbaijan, Egypt, Oman, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, Turkey and Turkmenistan, his office said, according to AP.
Meanwhile, thousands of US Marines are expected to arrive in the region later this week, fuelling speculation about potential military developments involving Kharg Island, a critical hub for Iran’s oil exports.
Iran has warned it could mine the Persian Gulf if it perceives preparations for a ground invasion, AP reported, a move that could significantly disrupt global shipping routes.
According to AP, Iran’s Health Ministry has said the death toll in the country has surpassed 1,500.
In Israel, 15 people have been killed in Iranian strikes, while at least 13 US military personnel and more than a dozen civilians in the occupied West Bank and Gulf Arab states have also been killed in the conflict.
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