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Netanyahu Say 70% of Iran's Steel Capacity Destroyed
Netanyahu said the strikes have crippled Iran’s steel industry and could take months to reverse, as two major plants were shut down.
- 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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Netanyahu vows to continue crushing Iranian regime during security assessment
“Together with our American friends, we continue to crush the terror regime in Iran. We are eliminating commanders, bombing bridges, striking infrastructure,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
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