The Korea Times
JERUSALEM — Defence Minister Israel Katz announced on Monday that Israel had conducted a "powerful strike" on Iran's largest petrochemical complex, with the operator saying it was assessing the damage from the attacks. The complex in the Pars region services Iran's South Pars natural gas field — the largest known gas reserve in the world — which it shares with Qatar, and which Israel had previously hit last month. The military "just carried out a powerful strike on Iran's largest petrochemical facility, located in Asaluyeh — a central target responsible for about 50 percent of the country's petrochemical production," Katz said in a video statement. Israel carried out a similar strike on the Mahshahr Petrochemical Special Zone in the southwestern Khuzestan province on Saturday, a local Iranian official said, adding that five people were killed. "At this point, the two facilities, which together account for roughly 85 percent of Iran's petrochemical exports, have been taken out of operation and are no longer functioning," Katz said, calling it "a severe economic blow." Israeli Prime
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