TEHRAN — The United States and Israel hit five oil facilities in overnight strikes in and near the Iranian capital, an official told state TV.

 

"Last night, four oil depots and a petroleum products transport centre in Tehran and the Alborz were attacked by enemy aircraft," the CEO of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company Keramat Veyskarami told state TV.

 

He added that the five facilities "were damaged" but the "fire was brought under control".

 

On Saturday US and Israeli strikes hit an oil depot in Tehran, Iranian state media said, marking the first reported attack on the Islamic republic's oil infrastructure.

 

"An oil depot in southern Tehran was targeted by the US and Zionist regime," the official IRNA news agency said.

 

The depot was in an area close to a key oil refinery but the ILNA news agency reported that the refinery's facilities "were not damaged in the military attacks".

 

Strikes hit another oil depot in northwestern Tehran, according to an AFP journalist who saw flames and smoke rising from the site.