Amidst the ongoing fighting in the Middle East, America and Israel targeted Iran’s highest B1 bridge, after which the fire of war has further flared up in the Middle East. After the attack on the bridge, Iran has now prepared for retaliation. In fact, Iran’s state news agency ‘Fars’ has released a list of eight important bridges in the Gulf countries and Jordan, which the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has identified as its possible targets for attack.
According to a report, Iran’s list includes Kuwait’s Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Sea Bridge, the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Sheikh Zayed Bridge, Al Maqta Bridge, and Sheikh Khalifa Bridge, the King Fahd Causeway connecting Saudi Arabia to Bahrain, as well as Jordan’s King Hussein Bridge, Damia Bridge, and Abdoun Bridge. The attack comes after US President Trump threatened to send Iran “back to the Stone Age.” Thursday’s US-Israeli attacks partially damaged the Middle East’s tallest bridge. The 136-meter-high B1 Bridge was under construction and was supposed to connect Tehran to the western city of Karaj. Several people were injured in the attack.
At least eight people were killed and around 95 others wounded in a US attack on a major bridge in Iran, where people had gathered to celebrate Nature Day, Iranian state media reported, citing officials in Alborz province.
US President Trump posted footage of smoke rising from the B1 bridge, located 35 km southwest of Tehran, and warned of further destruction if Iran was not ready to negotiate to end the five-week war.
“Iran’s largest bridge has collapsed, never to be used again, and more is on the way,” Trump warned. “It’s time for Iran to make a deal before it’s too late, before it loses any hope of becoming a great nation!”
Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post, “Attacking civilian structures, including incomplete bridges, will not force Iranians to surrender. It will only reflect the defeat and collapse of morale of the disorganized enemy.”
