Vital sections of the B1 Bridge are seen destroyed after an airstrike attributed to the US and Israel focused the location close to Tehran, in Karaj, Iran, on April 03, 2026.
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U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to destroy Iran’s bridges and energy crops, saying the “New Regime management is aware of what must be completed, and must be completed, FAST!” in a Reality Social submit late on Thursday.
His phrases come because the not too long ago constructed B1 bridge close to Tehran was destroyed in an airstrike. Eight folks died within the assault, in keeping with Iranian state media.
Trump’s submit stated the U.S. “hasn’t even began destroying what’s left in Iran. Bridges subsequent, then Electrical Energy Vegetation!”
In his submit, Trump didn’t elaborate on what wanted to be “completed,” however stated 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. Photos of particles posted on Telegram included a photograph that appeared to point out the phrases “U.S. Air Forces in Europe” on what regarded 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.
On Friday, operations have been suspended on the Abu Dhabi’s Hadshan gasoline amenities, after particles fell following a “profitable interception by air defence methods.”
“Operations have been suspended whereas authorities reply to a fireplace. No accidents have been reported,” Abu Dhabi media heart stated on X.
Trump’s newest menace got here a day after a speech through which he stated the U.S. navy would hit Iran “extraordinarily exhausting” for the following two or three weeks. He added that the U.S. would “deliver them again to the Stone Ages the place they belong.”
Hours after his speech, Iranian Overseas 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 wish to flip again the clock?” Araghchi stated.
Iran has successfully shut tanker site visitors by way of the Strait of Hormuz, a significant world 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 battle entered its second month and the U.S. navy build-up within the Center East confirmed no indicators of slowing.
Regardless of reviews of overtures from the U.S., together with ceasefires and a 15-point peace plan to finish the battle, Iran has publicly contradicted a number of reviews about negotiations with the Trump administration on quite a few events.
Tehran had described the 15-point proposal as “extraordinarily maximalist and unreasonable,” in keeping with an Al Jazeera report on March 25, citing a high-ranking diplomatic supply.
Trump stated 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 think about 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 crops may represent a battle crime and violate worldwide legislation, authorized specialists stated.
In a letter dated Thursday and signed by over 100 legislation specialists, the group stated worldwide legislation prohibits assaults on “objects indispensable to the survival of civilians, and the assaults threatened by Trump, if carried out, may entail battle crimes.”
Trump had additionally earlier stated that he may goal water desalination crops 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 quick cessation of Iranian aggressions in opposition to 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 below assault from Iranian missiles and drones because the battle entered its second month.
The Kuwait Petroleum Company stated that its Mina al-Ahmadi refinery was hit by drones early on Friday.
Jassim Albudaiwi, Secretary-Normal of the Gulf Cooperation Council, stated that whereas the bloc doesn’t search battle, Iran had “exceeded all crimson 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 business 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 approved navy motion in opposition to Iran.
