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The B1 bridge in Karaj, which was still under construction, was set to form part of a major highway connecting the region with Tehran, the Iranian capital.

Two people were killed and several injured in the strike on the 136-metre-high structure, Iranian state media reported.

Mr Trump posted about the attack on his Truth Social platform, writing: “The biggest bridge in Iran comes 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 COUNTRY!”

The Iranian regime also claimed that bombs struck a century-old medical centre in Tehran. Images published by the health ministry show a largely destroyed building, which it identified as the Pasteur Institute of Iran.

  • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
    46·
    2 days ago

    This is something that really upsets me about war. I sometimes feel the destruction of infrastructure as harshly as the loss of human life. I see buidlings destroyed and think about all the people without homes. without shelter. I see a bridge like this and think about all the resources put into building it and how that much more of the earth will have to be pulled to build it again and that is not counting the resources wasted in making and delivering the weapons.

    • Aqarius@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      21 hours ago

      “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed”

      • Dwight D. Eisenhower
    • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
      204·
      2 days ago

      Infrastructure is generally legitimate targets though. Slows down the movement of military assets. Perhaps redirects the enemy to somewhere else you want.

      But this wasn’t even finished. There was no strategic reason for this attack. Just looks like bullying to me.