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1st LD: Iran's IRGC says targets Israeli refinery as Israel targets Iranian oil depot

Xinhua
| March 8, 2026
2026-03-08

TEHRAN, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Saturday night that it launched attacks on a refinery in Israel's Haifa in response to the targeting of one in Tehran.

In a statement published on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC said the Haifa refinery was hit by Khyber-Shakan missiles in response to the Israeli attack.

The semi-official Fars news agency reported that U.S. and Israeli warplanes targeted an oil depot in southern Tehran.

Tehran is under a new wave of heavy attacks Saturday night with huge explosions heard in the Iranian capital, according to Xinhua correspondent. Enditem

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