Tehran, April 6 -- The ongoing conflict in West Asia further intensified on Monday as the Israeli Air Force targeted Iran's largest petrochemical facility in Asaluyeh in the Bushehr Province, damaging part of the South Pars Special Economic Energy Zone, with Iranian authorities confirming damage to the Jam and Damavand complexes.

According to Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) strike hit "the largest petrochemical facility in Iran, located in Asaluyeh, a central target responsible for about 50 per cent of the country's petrochemical production, following last week's strike on the second main facility," the Times of Israel reported.

In a statement, Katz added that the two facilities, "which together are...