US President Trump said on Thursday that the tallest bridge in Iran had been destroyed, hours after threatening to bomb the country "back to the Stone Ages". Pics and text/AFP
Ghodratollah Seif, the deputy governor of Alborz province, where the B1 bridge is located, said eight people were killed in the incident while 95 others were injured
Due to reporting restrictions, AFP is not able to access the sites of strikes nor to independently verify tolls in Iran
Trump posted footage on social media of smoke rising from the B1 bridge in Karaj, around 20 miles (35 kilometers) southwest of Tehran -- and warned that there would be further destruction unless Iran comes to the table to end the five-week war
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X: "Striking civilian structures, including unfinished bridges, will not compel Iranians to surrender
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