April 2 (UPI) — The U.S. military struck Iran’s largest bridge Thursday, killing at least 8 people and injuring 95 in what defense officials said would disrupt a planned military supply route.
President Donald Trump shared a video of the destruction of the B1 bridge in Karaj, a city in northern Iran, on Truth Social. The video appears to show a gap in the bridge after the blasts.
The attack also damaged a nearby industrial facility.
“The biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down, never to be used again — Much more to follow,” Trump said.
A U.S. military official told The Hill that the airstrike on the bridge connecting Tehran to Karaj, eliminated “a planned military supply route for sustaining Iran’s ballistic missile and attack drone force.”
Thursday’s strike marks the first U.S. attack on civilian infrastructure in Iran, Axios reported, something Trump threatened to do Wednesday to punish Tehran for failing to make a nuclear deal with the United States.
“We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong,” Trump said during his prime-time speech Wednesday.
U.S. officials said the newly constructed bridge was opened in January, while some Iranian press reports said it was not yet in use.
In retaliation to the attack, Iranian officials warned they could target bridges in Israel, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Jordan and Iraq, Ynetnews reported. Israeli officials said they weren’t involved in the attack on the bridge.
