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Jerusalem — Israeli forces conducted airstrikes that knocked out Iran’s two largest petrochemical facilities, significantly disrupting the country’s ability to produce materials for ballistic missiles and explosives while inflicting what officials described as a severe economic setback amounting to tens of billions of dollars.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck the South Pars Petrochemical complex in the Asaluyeh area of southern Iran on Monday, April 6. Iranian state media, including Fars News Agency, reported multiple explosions at the site, with social media footage showing fires raging at the facility. The complex is part of Iran’s massive South Pars natural gas field and is considered the country’s largest petrochemical installation.
Iranian media confirmed the attacks, with Tasnim News Agency reporting that supporting infrastructure—including companies supplying electricity, water, and oxygen to the Asaluyeh zone—was hit, resulting in a complete power outage to petrochemical units in the area. Officials stated that the core Pars petrochemical company itself sustained no direct damage, though operations were halted.
This strike followed a similar Israeli attack on Saturday targeting the Mahshahr Petrochemical Special Zone in southwest Khuzestan province. A local Iranian official said five people were killed in that assault.
In a statement, the IDF said the targeted sites produce chemical materials used in explosives and ballistic missile propellants. “The damage to this infrastructure will disrupt the regime’s ability to produce essential components for the missile industry intended to target Israel and other countries in the Middle East,” the military said.Defense Minister Israel Katz declared that the two facilities, which together account for roughly 85% of Iran’s petrochemical exports, have been taken out of operation and are no longer functioning. He described the strikes as “a severe economic blow amounting to tens of billions of dollars” and stated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered continued operations against “the infrastructure of the Iranian terrorist regime.”
Katz emphasized that the petrochemical industry has been a key revenue source for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).In a related development, the Israeli military announced it killed Maj. Gen. Seyed Majid Khademi, the intelligence commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, during overnight strikes. Khademi had assumed the role in June 2025 after his predecessor was eliminated in a prior Israeli operation. Iranian sources described the killing as part of a “criminal terrorist attack” by Israeli and possibly U.S. forces.
The strikes come amid heightened tensions between Israel and Iran, with Israel aiming to degrade Iran’s military production capabilities and economic infrastructure used to fund proxy activities and missile programs.
Iranian officials have not yet provided a full assessment of the long-term damage, though the loss of such a large share of petrochemical capacity is expected to have broad repercussions for the country’s export economy and industrial output.
