Tehran: More than 2,000 points in Iran's electricity infrastructure were targeted during recent US-Israeli attacks, a senior Iranian official said Wednesday. Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, deputy energy minister for electricity and energy, reported that 12 employees in the power sector were killed during the strikes, adding that the attacks aimed to disrupt critical infrastructure.

According to Anadolu Agency, Rajabi Mashhadi emphasized that attacking electricity infrastructure is an attack on the people. Despite the scale of the damage, power outages were restored in less than an hour in most cases. He noted that approximately 150,000 people work in Iran's electricity sector, including 30,000 who maintain operations around the clock.

Additionally, Aladdin Rafizadeh, head of Iran's Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Organization, stated that 68 administrative personnel were killed while on duty during the recent conflict, as reported by the state news agency IRNA. These remarks follow US President Donald Trump's warning that if no deal was reached, Iran's infrastructure, including power plants and bridges, would be targeted.

Regional tensions escalated after the United States and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran on February 28, leading to retaliatory attacks by Tehran on US assets and bases across the Middle East. A two-week ceasefire was announced on April 8, followed by rare direct talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad on April 11-12, which ended without an agreement. The ceasefire was later extended as diplomatic efforts continue, though tensions remain high.