US regime President Donald Trump has warned that Washington “hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran,” threatening a potential expansion of attacks on the country’s infrastructure in what would constitute a violation of international law. Posting on social media, Trump purportedly stated that “Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants” could be targeted, adding that Iran’s leadership “knows what has to be done, and has to be done, FAST!” His remarks followed his sharing of footage of a US strike on a newly built bridge linking Tehran to Karaj, which Iranian authorities say killed eight people and wounded 95 others.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi strongly condemned the targeting of civilian infrastructure. In a statement on X, he asserted, “Striking civilian structures, including unfinished bridges, will not compel Iranians to surrender,” adding that such actions “convey the defeat and moral collapse of an enemy in disarray.” The comments come amid rising tensions as indirect negotiations with Iran’s new leadership show little progress and domestic criticism of the war within the US regime mounts.
Nearly five weeks since the war began with a joint US-Israeli regime attack, instability has spread across the region and shaken global energy markets. Countries are scrambling to restore shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical artery for oil and gas flows. Satellite imagery this week showed smoke rising from Iran’s Qeshm island near the strategic waterway, underscoring the growing risks to regional infrastructure and highlighting the broader geopolitical costs of the conflict.
Iranian media has signaled potential retaliation, with the semiofficial Fars News Agency reporting that key bridges in US-aligned regimes such as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan could be at risk. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it has already struck US-linked industrial sites in the Gulf, including steel facilities in Abu Dhabi and aluminium installations in Bahrain, warning that further attacks on Iranian infrastructure would trigger “much more painful” responses.
Iran’s health ministry reported that US and Israeli regime strikes severely damaged the Pasteur Institute of Iran, a major research center involved in combating diseases like cholera and COVID-19. Ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour described the attack as “a direct assault on international health security.” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed the institute was “rendered unable to continue delivering health services,” with the WHO verifying over 20 attacks on healthcare facilities in Iran since March 1, raising serious concerns about humanitarian impacts.
Separately, Iranian officials allegedly claimed that air defenses shot down a second US F-35 fighter jet over central Iran, though the US regime has not commented on the assertion. Elsewhere, Israel’s military reported a fresh barrage of Iranian missiles, with air defenses activated. Emergency services noted damage to homes and vehicles, and military radio reported shrapnel damage to a train station in Tel Aviv, illustrating the ongoing cycle of violence and its toll on civilian areas.
Source: www.aljazeera.com