IRGC denies US F-15 pilot captured in southwest Iran

Electricity to all petrochemical facilities in Mahshahr was cut after strikes hit Fajr units 1 and 2, Iranian state media reported.

Managers at Persian Gulf Fajr Energy said turbines at the units were knocked offline, halting power supply, affecting plants that provide key feedstock and fuel.

The disruption follows earlier US warnings it could expand its targets if Iran continued to disrupt shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

No increase in radiation levels was reported after a projectile struck close to Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant on Saturday, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.

The UN nuclear watchdog said Iran had informed it that the incident was the fourth such case involving the plant in recent weeks.

Iran also told the agency that a member of the site’s physical protection staff was killed by a projectile fragment and that a building on the site was affected by shockwaves and fragments.

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said nuclear power plant sites and nearby areas must never be attacked and warned that auxiliary buildings could contain vital safety equipment.

A border crossing between Iran and Iraq near Khorramshahr in southwest Iran was targeted at 11 a.m. on Saturday, a provincial official said.

Khuzestan’s deputy governor for security and law enforcement affairs said the attack hit the Shalamcheh terminal.

Earlier reports had also described explosions in Mehran, another crossing on Iran’s western border with Iraq.

Iran’s nationwide internet blackout entered its 36th day on Saturday, surpassing 840 hours since access to the global internet was cut on February 28, NetBlocks said.

“The measure remains in place, entering day 36 after 840 hours, isolating the general public as authorities explore ways to give chosen users access via a tiered whitelisting system,” said the internet monitoring group.

A strike hit near the perimeter of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant on Saturday morning, damaging an auxiliary building but not affecting operations, IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported.

The report said the strike hit near the plant’s fence at about 8:30 a.m. local time and a member of the security staff was killed.

Initial assessments showed no damage to the plant’s main sections and operations were not affected, according to the report.

It added that this was the fourth attack on the Bushehr plant during the ongoing war.

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