Iran has reported that a joint US-Israeli military action resulted in the destruction of the country’s tallest bridge, leading to the deaths of eight individuals.
The B1 Bridge, an essential connection between Tehran and the western city of Karaj, was the target of two separate attacks on Thursday. This escalation followed a warning from Donald Trump, who threatened to reduce Tehran to a pre-modern state.
The second wave of strikes hit the 136-meter bridge while rescue teams were actively assisting at least 95 injured individuals at the site, as per Iranian state media reports.
Video evidence captures smoke billowing in the aftermath of the initial strike, followed by a massive explosion that sent a denser cloud soaring into the atmosphere.
The assault inflicted severe damage on the bridge, which is the tallest in the Middle East, leaving a significant breach in its structure.
In addition to the bridge attack, the Iranian government reported that bombs also struck Tehran on Thursday, including a historic medical facility that is 105 years old.
Dr Hossein Kermanpour, Iran’s health ministry spokesman, said: ‘The aggression against Pasteur Institute of Iran, a century-old pillar of global health and member of the international Pasteur Network, is a direct assault on international health security.’
Iran threatened that in response to the attack, bridges in Israel and throughout the Middle East have become ‘legitimate targets.’
US-Israeli strikes destroyed Iran’s tallest bridge after Donald Trump threatened to bomb Tehran ‘back to the ‘Stone Age’
The B1 bridge, which links Iran’s capital with the western city of Karaj, was targeted in two waves of strikes on Thursday
It came after Mr Trump assured the US that the military was close to defeating Iran and pledged to bomb the Islamic Republic ‘back to the Stone Ages.’
The US President insisted the military operation to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon would not devolve into a ‘forever war’ like the US quagmires in Iraq and Vietnam.
‘We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks,’ he said during an address from The White House.
Mr Trump said that because of the US military’s might, Americans no longer fear the threat of ‘nuclear blackmail’ from Tehran.
‘They were the bully of the Middle East, but they’re the bully no longer. This is a true investment in your children’s and your grandchildren’s future.’
He also noted that in ‘these past four weeks, our armed forces have delivered swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield.’
Trump recalled how the US had spent years fighting in Iraq, Korea, Vietnam and two World Wars before pointing out the conflict with Iran had, so far, only lasted 32 days.
‘We are in this military operation – so powerful, so brilliant – against one of the most powerful countries, for 32 days, and that country has been eviscerated and essentially is really no longer a threat,’ he claimed.
The attack came after Mr Trump assured the US that the military was close to defeating Iran and pledged to bomb the Islamic Republic ‘back to the Stone Ages’
Trump said US military action had been ‘so powerful, so brilliant’ that ‘one of the most powerful countries’ is ‘really no longer a threat’ — even as Iran kept up its attacks on Israel and Persian Gulf neighbors early Thursday.
‘Our enemies are losing. And America, as it has been for five years under my presidency, is winning – and now winning bigger than ever before.’
Iran and Hezbollah launched rockets from Lebanon into Central Israel on Wednesday as Passover began and continued the attack into Thursday morning, The Times of Israel reported.
