Netanyahu Boasts 70% Of Iran's Steel Production Capacity Destroyed

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in Friday remarks that Israeli airstrikes have wiped out roughly 70% of Iran's steel production capacity, dealing a major blow to its ability to manufacture weapons - from missiles and drones to ships.

"Together with our American friends, we continue to crush the terror regime in Iran. We are eliminating commanders, bombing bridges, bombing infrastructures," Netanyahu began in a video statement.

"In recent days, the Air Force has destroyed 70% of Iran's steel production capacity," he added. "This is a tremendous achievement that deprives the Revolutionary Guards of both financial resources and the ability to produce many weapons."

But we should also add that this appears part of the Israeli strategy to bring about government and societal collapse, something Netanyahu has at times been more out in the open about. 

Israel was the first to begin attacking Iranian energy infrastructure, having hit Pars gas field last month - an action which the White House distanced itself from.

What has become clear is that Iran's two largest producers - Khuzestan Steel Company and Mobarakeh Steel Company - have both been knocked offline after repeated US-Israeli strikes, with officials warning it could take months to restore operations, and that's assuming this can be done even as the bombs still rain down.

President Trump has meanwhile warned that Washington has yet to begin "destroying what's left" of the Islamic Republic's infrastructure.

Major bridges have already been taken out, and even medical and pharmaceutical complexes, along with instances of deadly attacks on schools.

But for each escalation on Iran's infrastructure, the IRGC has been hitting back at Israeli and Gulf sites in kind. This has even included reportedly attacking American tech companies based in the Gulf.