New Delhi, March 8 -- Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Sunday claimed to have struck Israel's Haifa refinery in retaliation to strikes by Tel Aviv.

"IRGC hits Haifa refinery in response to Israeli regime's attack on Tehran refinery," Iran's Mehr news agency reported.

The public relations department of the IRGC issued also reportedly said in a statement on Saturday night that the attack on the Haifa facility was in "in response to [Israel] targeting Tehran refinery."

The statement also said that the attack was carried out with Kheibar Shekan missiles.

Air raid sirens had sounded earlier on Saturday in the area of Haifa, but there have been no reports in Israel of anything being hit, Reuters said.

The IRGC's claim, which is yet to be con...