Important sections of the B1 Bridge are seen destroyed after an airstrike attributed to america and Israel focused the positioning close to Tehran, in Karaj, Iran, on April 03, 2026.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to destroy Iran’s bridges and energy vegetation, saying the “New Regime management is aware of what must be carried out, and must be carried out, FAST!” in a Reality Social publish.
Trump didn’t elaborate on what wanted to be “carried out,” however mentioned the U.S. “hasn’t even began destroying what’s left in Iran.”
Hours later, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim information company reportedly claimed {that a} U.S. F-35 fighter jet was shot down over central Iran. Pictures of particles posted on Telegram included a photograph that appeared to point out the phrases “U.S. Air Forces in Europe” on what seemed like a airplane’s tail part.
The U.S. Central Command, which oversees the area, and Iranian authorities didn’t reply to a request for remark on the time of publication.
Trump’s newest risk got here a day after a nationwide tackle by which he mentioned the U.S. army would hit Iran “extraordinarily exhausting” for the following two or three weeks. He added that the U.S. would “carry them again to the Stone Ages the place they belong.”
Hours after his speech, Iranian International Minister Abbas Araghchi struck a defiant tone on X, saying that “there was no oil or gasoline being pumped within the Center East again then,” referring to Trump’s stone age remarks.
“Are POTUS and Individuals who put him in workplace positive that they need to flip again the clock?” Araghchi mentioned.
Iran has successfully shut tanker site visitors by means of the Strait of Hormuz, an important international oil route, after the U.S. and Israel attacked the nation on Feb. 28.
‘Stone age’ threats
Trump has repeatedly threatened to ship Iran again to the “stone age” because the struggle entered its second month and the U.S. army build-up within the Center East confirmed no indicators of slowing.
Regardless of stories of overtures from the U.S., together with ceasefires and a 15-point peace plan to finish the struggle, Iran has publicly contradicted a number of stories about negotiations with the Trump administration on quite a few events.
Trump mentioned Wednesday that Iran’s “New Regime President” had requested Washington for a ceasefire, a declare that Tehran has denied. Trump has not specified who the “President” is.
“We’ll take into account when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Till then, we’re blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they are saying, again to the Stone Ages!!!,” he wrote.
Assaults on energy vegetation might represent a struggle crime and violate worldwide regulation, authorized specialists mentioned.
In a letter dated Thursday and signed by over 100 regulation specialists, the group mentioned worldwide regulation prohibits assaults on “objects indispensable to the survival of civilians, and the assaults threatened by Trump, if applied, might entail struggle crimes.”
Trump had additionally earlier mentioned that he might goal water desalination vegetation in Iran.
China, Russia and France veto
The Gulf Cooperation Council on Thursday known as on the United Nations Safety Council to take “all mandatory measures to make sure the fast cessation of Iranian aggressions towards the Council states.”
The six international locations within the Gulf Cooperation Council — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — have come underneath assault from Iranian missiles and drones because the struggle entered its second month.
The Kuwait Petroleum Company mentioned that its Mina al-Ahmadi refinery was hit by drones early on Friday.
Jassim Albudaiwi, Secretary-Common of the Gulf Cooperation Council, mentioned that whereas the bloc doesn’t search struggle, Iran had “exceeded all pink traces” and described Tehran’s assaults as “treacherous.”
Bahrain, the present rotating president of the Safety Council, has led an effort to cross a U.N. decision to authorize “all mandatory means” to guard industrial delivery in and across the Strait of Hormuz.
However the proposal reportedly stalled after veto-wielding Safety Council members China, Russia and France objected to the draft decision, which might have licensed army motion towards Iran.
