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Tehran and Arak under chemical siege

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Iranian media reported on 8 April that US-Israeli strikes hit the Iran Aluminium Company in Arak, the country’s largest aluminium producer, along with the Amirkabir petrochemical complex in Mahshahr. A strike on a plant of that scale is the ultimate act of terrorism. Aluminium fires generate dense aluminium oxide smoke and release a cocktail of corrosive and toxic gases.



Health guidance warns that inhaling aluminium fumes can trigger metal fume fever, chest tightness and coughing, while fire

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