Iran claims aluminium plant attacksTehran: Iran yesterday claimed attacks on two major aluminium plants in the Gulf, further raising the economic stakes of the Middle East war after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis joined the conflict. The war that began on Feb 28 with US-Israeli attacks on Iran has mushroomed throughout the region, sending world energy markets into a tailspin and threatening to torpedo the global economy. With the official status of talks between Washington and Tehran uncertain, daily salvoes of strikes across the region have continued unabated. In Iranian capital Tehran, two blasts shook northern areas of the city early yesterday, according to an AFP journalist, although it was not clear what was targeted. Emirates Global Aluminium said an Iranian attack wounded six and caused significant damage to its plant, while Bahraini state media said two Aluminium Bahrain employees were injured in a second Iranian attack.

Source: Bangkok Post March 30, 2026 03:19 UTC