Significant sections of the B1 Bridge are destroyed after an airstrike attributed to the United States and Israel targeting the site near Tehran, in Karaj, Iran, April 3, 2026.
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US President Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants, saying “the leaders of the New Regime know what must be done, and must be done, FAST!” ” In a post on Truth Social late Thursday.
His remarks came as the recently built B1 bridge near Tehran was destroyed in an airstrike. Eight people died in the attack, according to Iranian state media.
Trump’s message said the United States “has not even begun to destroy what remains in Iran.” Then the bridges, then the power stations! In his message, Trump did not specify what needed to be “done,” but said the United States “has not even begun to destroy what remains in Iran.”
On Friday, Trump said in another Truth Social job: “With a little more time, we could easily OPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, TAKE THE OIL AND MAKE A FORTUNE.”
“WOULD THAT BE A “GUSHER” TO THE WORLD???” says the message.
Read more news about the US-Iran warOperations were suspended at the Hadshan gas facility in Abu Dhabi on Friday after debris fell following a “successful interception by air defense systems”.
“Operations have been suspended while authorities respond to a fire. No injuries have been reported,” Abu Dhabi Media Center said on X.
Trump’s proclamations came as US fighter jet crashes 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 Wednesday in which he said the U.S. military would hit Iran “extremely hard” over the next two or three weeks. He added that the United States would “take them back to the Stone Age, where they belong.”
Hours after his speech, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi struck a your provocative on
“Are the American President and the Americans who elected him sure they want to go back?” said Araghchi.
Iran effectively halted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global oil route, after the United States and Israel attacked the country on February 28.
Threats from the “Stone Age”Trump has repeatedly threatened to send Iran back to the “Stone Age” as the war enters its second month and the U.S. military buildup in the Middle East shows no signs of slowing.
Despite reports of overtures from the United States, including ceasefires and a 15-point peace plan To end the war, Iran has repeatedly publicly contradicted numerous reports about negotiations with the Trump administration.
Tehran called the 15-point proposal “extremely maximalist and unreasonable,” according to an Al Jazeera report. March 25citing a senior diplomatic source.
Asset said Wednesday that the Iranian “president of the new regime” had requested a ceasefire from Washington, a claim that Tehran denied. Trump did not specify who the “president” is.
“We will think about the moment when the Strait of Hormuz will be open, free and clear. By then, we will drive Iran into oblivion or, as they say, return it to the Stone Age!!!”, he wrote.
Attacks on power plants could constitute a war crime and violate international law, legal experts have said.
In a letter dated On Thursday and signed by more than 100 legal experts, the group said international law prohibits attacks on “objects essential to the survival of civilians, and that the attacks threatened by Trump, if carried out, could result in war crimes.”
Trump also said earlier that he might target water desalination plants in Iran.
China, Russia and France vetoThe Gulf Cooperation Council on Thursday called The United Nations Security Council must take “all necessary measures to ensure the immediate cessation of Iranian aggression against Council States.”
All six Gulf Cooperation Council countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – have come under attack from Iranian missiles and drones as the war enters its second month.
The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said its Mina al-Ahmadi refinery was hit by drones on Friday morning.
Jassim Albudaiwi, secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council, said that while the bloc does not seek war, Iran has “crossed all red lines” and called Tehran’s attacks “treacherous.”
Bahrain, the current rotating president of the Security Council, led efforts to pass a U.N. resolution authorizing “all necessary means” to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz.
But the proposal was reportedly blocked after veto-wielding Security Council members China, Russia and France opposed the draft resolution, which would have authorized military action against Iran.
