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Electricity has been restored in Iran’s capital, Tehran, and neighboring Alborz province after outages caused by damage to power infrastructure following recent strikes, a senior energy official said.
Deputy Energy Minister Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi said the disruptions were quickly resolved and that the national electricity grid remains stable.
Mashhadi said the outages occurred after what he described as an “enemy attack” damaged parts of the power grid in Tehran and Alborz.
Shrapnel from the strikes hit a high-voltage transmission tower and a substation in Alborz, affecting several transmission facilities and briefly disrupting electricity supply.
“Following last night's enemy attack, the power grid in the provinces of Alborz and Tehran sustained damage and was affected,” Mashhadi said in comments reported by state television.
Mashhadi said electricity had been restored through what he described as an electricity grid maneuver.
“The power network across Iran's national electricity grid is stable; in Tehran and Alborz, the problems have also been resolved,” he said.
He did not specify the primary targets of the attack.
Iran has said it has decentralized its electricity distribution system in anticipation of being targeted by U.S.-Israeli strikes.
The latest developments come after repeated strikes have affected infrastructure in parts of the country.
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