The United States and Israel struck petrochemical complexes and a nuclear power plant inside Iran on the morning of June 4 (local time), Iran's state-run IRNA news agency and other outlets reported.
Valiollah Hayati, deputy governor of Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran, said U.S. and Israeli airstrikes hit the Mahshahr petrochemical complex and Bandar Imam, injuring five people so far.
"Fighter jets of the United States and the Zionists (Israel) attacked the Fajr 1 and 2 petrochemical complexes and the Razal, Amir Kabir, and Abu Ali petrochemical plants," Hayati said. "At the same time, the Bandar Imam petrochemical plant was also struck, with parts of it destroyed." He added that the Amir Kabir plant was not damaged in the strikes.
At around 8:30 a.m. the same day, the Bushehr nuclear power plant complex in southern Iran was also hit by U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, killing one security staff member, IRNA reported. An explosion and debris damaged one auxiliary building. An initial investigation showed the plant's core facilities were unharmed and operations were not affected, IRNA said.
IRNA noted this was the fourth time the Bushehr plant had been attacked since Israel and the United States began their strikes on Iran on February 28. The agency warned that the plant contains a significant amount of radioactive material, and serious damage could lead to irreversible consequences.
Authorities in Hormozgan province in southeastern Iran said a cement factory in Bandar Khamir was hit by U.S.-Israeli strikes but reported no casualties or production disruptions. Iran has adopted a tit-for-tat strategy of retaliating against the same types of facilities in Gulf states and Israel when attacked, raising the likelihood that petrochemical complexes in those countries could be targeted.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X (formerly Twitter) the same day: "Do you remember the Western outrage when Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was attacked?" He added, "Israel and the United States have now attacked the Bushehr nuclear plant four times. Radioactive fallout will claim lives not in Tehran but in the capitals of the Gulf states." He also criticized that "the attacks on petrochemical plants also reveal what the real targets of (the U.S. and Israel) are."
In response, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on X that Iran had reported the strikes on the Bushehr plant, adding that no increase in radiation levels had been reported. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi stressed regarding the attack that "auxiliary buildings also house important safety equipment" and that "nuclear power plant sites and their surroundings must never be attacked." He again called for maximum military restraint to avoid the risk of a nuclear accident.