ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Israeli military launched attacks on several major power stations and transmission towers in Tehran and Karaj in Alborz province on Sunday, while a petrochemical complex near Tabriz, East Azerbaijan province, was also targeted, with Iran’s energy ministry saying the attacks caused temporary power outages that were resolved.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in retaliation, responded to the Israeli strikes by attacking energy and industrial facilities within Israel.
Targeting Iran's energy and industrial facilities
Iranian electrical and industrial facilities in Tehran and Alborz provinces were targeted on Sunday night, with strikes around 9 pm hitting multiple sites across eastern, northeastern, and western Tehran, triggering power outages in parts of the capital’s northern and eastern neighborhoods.
In Karaj, several locations were also struck, cutting electricity in areas including Azimiyeh, Molasadra, Mehrvila, Taleghani, Dehghan Villa, and Gohardasht.
Iran's Ministry of Energy announced that "industrial electrical facilities in Tehran province were attacked, causing power outages in some areas." Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, Deputy Minister of Energy and director of the Iran Grid Management Company, told official state media that "the power outage issue was quickly resolved."
According to released information, a power tower near Karaj and an electrical distribution station in the Doshan Tappeh area of northern Tehran were struck. A spokesperson for Iran's electricity industry stated that a power station in eastern Tehran was also hit.
An airstrike near Tabriz targeted the city’s petrochemical complex on Sunday night, with the East Azerbaijan province’s crisis management director general confirming that one of the plant’s units was hit, while denying any leakage of hazardous or toxic materials following the attack.
In addition to power and industrial infrastructure, at least five locations across Tehran - including Districts 1, 4, 13, 15, and 21 - were struck late Sunday, though the specific sites and details of the targets have not yet been disclosed.
The attacks on Tehran continued into Sunday morning, with strikes reported from around 7:30 am through the afternoon, hitting multiple locations across the west, east, and northeast of the capital.