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Sunday, March 8, 2026
US and Israel hit 5 oil facilities in Tehran area overnight, Iranian official says
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The United States and Israel hit five oil facilities with overnight strikes in and near the Iranian capital that killed four people, an official tells state TV.
“Last night, four oil depots and a petroleum products transport center in Tehran and the Alborz were attacked by enemy aircraft,” the CEO of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company, Keramat Veyskarami, tells state TV.
“Four of our personnel, including two oil tanker drivers, were killed in the incident,” he adds saying facilities “were damaged” but the “fire was brought under control.”
Videos circulating on social media appear to show large fires as a result of the strikes.
'انبار نفت شهران #تهران: بلوار کوهسار جنتآباد داره میسوزه!'
ویدیوهای دریافتی، بامداد یکشنبه ۱۷ اسفند#Iran #Tehran pic.twitter.com/51czYF8bl3— Vahid Online (@Vahid) March 7, 2026
Smoke from fires overnight hang over the capital, casting a dark haze across the city as morning breaks.
Residents report the smell of burning lingered in the air.
Veyskarami says Iran’s oil depots have “sufficient gasoline reserves.”
Video circulating from Tehran tonight. pic.twitter.com/7DfIrYol7X
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) March 8, 2026
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