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Topics: Donald Trump, US News, Iran, Politics
Ella Scott
Topics: Donald Trump, US News, Iran, Politics
Donald Trump has threatened the next Iranian strike targets amid claims that the United States army would allegedly blast the country ‘back to the Stone Ages’.
It’s been over 30 days since the US and Israel launched joint air strikes on Iran, with state media confirming on February 28 that Ali Khamenei, the country’s second supreme leader, had been assassinated.
On Wednesday (April 1), 79-year-old Trump claimed in a last-minute television broadcast that conflict could escalate if Iranian lawmakers did not give in to Washington’s terms.
He added that forces would ‘finish the job’ as soon as ‘core strategic objectives [were] nearing completion’.
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The US President has since claimed that the US Army's agenda would expand to striking and destroying bridges and electric power plants.
“Our Military, the greatest and most powerful (by far!) anywhere in the World, hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran,” the father-of-five wrote via his social media site, Truth Social.
“Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants! New Regime leadership knows what has to be done, and has to be done, FAST! President DONALD J.TRUMP.”
By targeting bridges and power plants, the United States would expand strikes beyond military facilities, potentially raising humanitarian and regional economic risks, as per Newsweek.
Prior to the infrastructure threat, Trump shared footage of what appeared to be a strike on the B1 bridge in Karaj.
He alleged that the video showed ‘biggest bridge in Iran… tumbling down, never to be used again’.
“Much more to follow! It is time for Iran to make a deal before it is too late, and there is nothing left of what still could become a great company,” the Republican added.
Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s Foreign Minister, said via X on Thursday that striking civilian structures would ‘not compel Iranians to surrender’.
“It only conveys the defeat and moral collapse of an enemy in disarray,” he continued.
“Every bridge and building will be built back stronger. What will never recover: damage to America’s standing.”
Iranian officials said that two people have been killed following the bridge strike, as per the BBC.
The Deputy for Security at the Alborz Governor's Office confirmed that a number of people were also injured, according to local media outlets.
The new infrastructure threats come amid surging oil prices in the United States and Trump’s criticism of Nato members for showing a lack of support for his country’s objectives in Iran.
Additionally, he used his social media presence to report that Iran’s ‘new Regime president’ had requested a ceasefire.
However, he added: “We will consider when [the] Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages.”
The politician also claimed he was in contact with unnamed Iranian officials, but Tehran denied that any negotiations were taking place.
Araghchi responded to Trump’s ‘back to the Stone Ages’ claim via X, formerly known as Twitter.
“There’s one striking difference between the present and the Stone Age: there was no oil or gas being pumped in the Middle East back then,” he wrote.
“Are POTUS and Americans who put him in office sure that they want to turn back the clock?”