TEHRAN, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Israel on Monday morning carried out an airstrike against the Karun Petrochemical Company in Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported.
Part of the petrochemical complex has sustained damage after being hit by the Israeli projectiles, Fars cited Valiollah Hayati, Khuzestan's deputy governor for security affairs, as saying.
He added that no casualty has been reported so far.
Iran's Petrochemical Special Economic Zone Organization said later in a statement that it had evacuated all employees in the port city of Bandar-e Mahshahr in Khuzestan, state-run IRIB news agency reported.
Also on Monday morning, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said its aerospace forces targeted two "important and strategic" Israeli air bases.
In a statement published on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC said the Nevatim and Tel Nof air bases were struck in response to Israel's missile strikes on several radar sites in three locations in Iran.
It added that all the IRGC's combat and operational units are fully ready to carry out operations on all fronts, with action plans tailored to the "enemy's" scenarios.
The clashes come as the IRGC's aerospace forces on Sunday launched ballistic missiles at the Ramat David air base in northern Israel in response to Israel's "widespread crimes" in southern Lebanon, including the killing and displacement of civilians. ■
