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Iran Claims Israeli‑US Strikes Hit Gas Facilities After Trump Backs Down On Power Threat

A projectile hit the area outside the Khorramshahr gas pipeline processing station


(FILES) This aerial picture taken on January 28, 2026 shows the Cirebon-1 coal power plant in Cirebon, West Java. Asian countries are ramping up use of polluting coal to tackle energy shortages and price spikes linked to the Iran war, but the crisis could have an environmental silver lining. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)

 

Iranian media reported on Tuesday that Israeli-US strikes targeted two gas facilities and a pipeline, hours after US President Donald Trump stepped back from his threat to attack power infrastructure.

“As part of the ongoing attacks carried out by the Zionist and American enemy, the gas administration building and the gas pressure regulation station on Kaveh Street in Isfahan were targeted,” said the Fars news agency.

The facilities in central Iran were “partially damaged”, added Fars, which was Iran’s only news outlet to report the incident.

(FILES) A general view shows exhaust gases billowing from the chimneys of the Taean Thermal Power Station, a large coal-fired power station owned by Korean Western Power Co, part of Korea Electric Power Corporation, in Taean, around 150 kilometers from Seoul, on November 17, 2025. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)

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It said an attack also targeted the gas pipeline of the Khorramshahr power plant, in the country’s southwest.

“A projectile hit the area outside the Khorramshahr gas pipeline processing station,” Fars reported, quoting the governor of the city bordering Iraq.

It did not specify the extent of the damage.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an Angel Families remembrance ceremony held in the East Room at the White House February 23, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

 

Trump told AFP on Monday that “things are going very well” with Iran, shortly after announcing talks with Tehran and a five-day pause on targeting the Islamic republic’s power plants.

Trump’s abrupt shift on Iran came hours before the expiration of a two-day ultimatum under which he threatened to attack Iranian power plants if Tehran did not reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian media however, said on Monday that there were no negotiations underway towards ending the war.