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Iran says oil refinery on Lavan Island hit by airstrikes this morning

By Emanuel Fabian 8 April 2026, 1:49 pm
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Iran says that an oil refinery on Lavan Island was hit by airstrikes this morning.

“Around 10 a.m…. the facilities of Lavan Oil Refinery, located on Lavan Island, were subjected to a cowardly attack by the enemies,” Iran’s National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company says in a statement carried by the Mehr news agency.

No casualties are reported, the statement adds.

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