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Huge fireballs and thick plumes of smoke rose over Tehran after joint United States-Israeli air strikes hit fuel depots in the Iranian capital.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s oil distribution company said four of its employees were killed in the blitz, as a dark haze hung over the city on Sunday and the smell of burning oil lingered in the air.<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s strikes triggered large fires after hitting four oil storage facilities and an oil transfer and production centre in Tehran and neighbouring Alborz province, the Fars news agency reported. Iranian state media described the incident as an \u201cattack from the US and the Zionist regime\u201d.<\/p>\n
The facilities targeted were the Aghdasieh oil warehouse in northeast Tehran, the Tehran refinery in the south, the Shahran oil depot in the west, and an oil depot in the city of Karaj. Witnesses said oil from the Shahran depot had leaked into nearby streets.<\/p>\n
Israel said it had struck \u201ca number of fuel storage facilities in Tehran\u201d that were used \u201cto operate military infrastructure\u201d.<\/p>\n
Shortly after the attacks, which appeared to mark a new phase in the war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government would press on with the assault and strike Iran\u2019s rulers \u201cwithout mercy\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have an organised plan with many surprises to destabilise the regime and enable change,\u201d he said in a video statement. \u201cWe have many more targets.\u201d<\/p>\n