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Iran's two largest steel plants shut down due to air strikes, companies say
Mobarakeh said heavy damage forced a full shutdown after the second strike, threatening supply chains and export revenue from Iran’s largest steel producer.
- Mobarakeh Steel Company in Isfahan suspended all operations on April 2 after US-Israeli air strikes caused what it described as "heavy damage" and "fundamental destruction" to production units, ordering employees to stay home.
- Strikes against Khuzestan Steel Company, Foolad Atieh Persian Gulf, and the Sefiddasht steel plant in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province have crippled a significant portion of Iran's steel sector, the country's biggest non-oil export earner.
- Mehran Pakbin, deputy head of operations at Khuzestan Steel Company, said "Our initial estimate is that restarting these units will take at least six months and up to one year," affecting more than 15,000 direct workers.
- On Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Israel struck two of Iran's largest steel factories, a power plant, and civilian nuclear sites, while Israeli media reported the strikes were expected to cause billions in damage.
- President Donald Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday the US would bring Iran "back to the stone ages," as Khuzestan officials hoped to begin gradual production recovery next week despite the destruction's scale.
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Iran's largest steelmaker Mobarakeh halts all production after second strike
Iran's largest steelmaker Mobarakeh Steel halted all production and sent workers home after a second US-Israeli strike caused "fundamental destruction" to its Isfahan complex, crippling a key non-oil export sector.
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