Oil Depot in Karaj, Iran Attacked, Six Dead

United States and Israel have attacked five oil facilities around Tehran. In Karaj, in Alborz province, the Fardis oil depot was struck, killing at least six people and injuring 21, according to Tasnim, which quoted a local security official. The victims included residents living near the site. Separately, the United States and Israel were also reported to have launched two missiles at Najafabad, in central Iran. Al Jazeera reported that up to 20 people were killed and 50 injured in that strike. The report quoted an unnamed police officer saying rescuers and ordinary citizens were helping the wounded after the missile attack in the city, though the second missile strike hit the same location a few minutes later. Earlier, the United States and Israel attacked five oil facilities around the Iranian capital. The strike killed four people. ‘Last night, four oil depots and oil product transport hubs in Tehran and in Alborz were attacked by enemy aircraft,’ Iran’s National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPD) chief Keramat Veyskarami told state television, cited by AFP, on Sunday. He said four of their personnel, including two tanker truck drivers, were killed in the incident. He added that the energy infrastructure facilities had suffered damage but the fires were brought under control. Following the attacks, smoke shrouded Tehran overnight and created a dark haze across the city by morning. Residents reported a lingering smell of burning in the air. Veyskarami said the depots in Iran had ‘sufficient gasoline reserves’.