Significant portions of the B1 Bridge were destroyed after a United States and Israeli airstrike targeted the site near Tehran in Karaj, Iran on April 3, 2026.
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US President Donald Trump threatened to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants, saying: “The leadership of the new regime knows what to do, and to do it FAST!” In a Truth Social post late on Thursday.
His words come as the recently constructed B1 bridge near Tehran was destroyed in an airstrike. According to Iranian state media, eight people died in the attack.
Trump’s post said the U.S. “hasn’t even begun to destroy what’s left in Iran. Next come bridges, then power plants!” In his post, Trump did not elaborate on what “needs to be done,” but said the U.S. “hasn’t even begun to destroy what’s left in Iran.”
On Friday, Trump said in another Truth Social post: “With a little more time, we can easily open the Strait of Hormuz, take the oil and make a fortune.”
“IT WOULD BE A “GUSHER” FOR THE WORLD???” said the post.
On Friday, operations at the Hadshan gas facilities in Abu Dhabi were suspended after debris fell following a “successful interception by air defense systems.”
“Operations were suspended while authorities responded to a fire. No injuries were reported,” the Abu Dhabi media center said on X.
Trump’s proclamations came as A US fighter jet crashed over IranMS Now reported, citing a US official. U.S. Central Command, which oversees the region, and Iranian authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Trump’s latest threat came after a speech on Wednesday in which he said the US military would hit Iran “extremely hard” in the next two or three weeks. He added that the US would “take them back to the Stone Age where they belong.”
Hours after his speech, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi hit out defiant tone on
“Are POTUS and the Americans who put him in office sure they want to turn back the clock?” Araghchi said.
Iran has virtually halted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil route, after the United States and Israel attacked the country on February 28.
“Stone Age” threats
Trump has repeatedly threatened to send Iran back to the “Stone Age” as the war entered its second month and the U.S. military buildup in the Middle East showed no signs of slowing.
Despite reports of US overtures, including ceasefires and a 15-point peace plan To end the war, Iran has on numerous occasions publicly contradicted several reports of negotiations with the Trump administration.
According to a report by Al Jazeera, Tehran had called the 15-point proposal “extremely maximalist and unreasonable.” on March 25thciting a senior diplomatic source.
Trump said Wednesday that Iran’s “new regime president” had asked Washington for a ceasefire, a claim Tehran has denied. Trump did not specify who the “president” is.
“We will think about when the Strait of Hormuz is open, free and clear. Until then, we will blast Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Age!!!,” he wrote.
Attacks on power plants could constitute a war crime and violate international law, legal experts said.
Dated in a letter On Thursday, the group, signed by more than 100 legal experts, said international law prohibits attacks on “objects essential to the survival of civilians and that the attacks threatened by Trump, if implemented, could result in war crimes.”
Trump had also previously said he might target water desalination plants in Iran.
China, Russia and France reject their veto
The Gulf Cooperation Council on Thursday called called on the United Nations Security Council to “take all necessary measures to ensure the immediate cessation of Iranian aggression against the Council States.”
The six countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – came under attack from Iranian missiles and drones as the war entered its second month.
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said its Mina al-Ahmadi refinery was hit by drones early Friday.
Jassim Albudaiwi, secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council, said that while Iran is not seeking war, Iran has “crossed all red lines” and called Tehran’s attacks “insidious.”
Bahrain, the current acting president of the Security Council, has pushed for the adoption of a UN resolution to authorize “all necessary means” to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz.
However, the proposal reportedly stalled after veto members China, Russia and France objected to the draft resolution that would have authorized military action against Iran.
