United States 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, which would violate international law.Posting on social media late on Thursday, Trump threatened to attack “Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants”, adding that Iran’s leadership “knows what has to be done, and has to be done, FAST!”Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listHis remarks came after he shared footage of a US strike on a newly built bridge linking Tehran to Karaj, and said: “The biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down, never to be used again – Much more to follow!”The B1 bridge, which had been due to open this year, was hit in an attack that killed eight people and wounded 95 others, Iran said.Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned the targeting of civilian infrastructure.“Striking civilian structures, including unfinished bridges, will not compel Iranians to surrender,” he said in a statement posted on X, adding that such actions “convey the defeat and moral collapse of an enemy in disarray”.War widens and markets reactNearly five weeks since the war began with a joint US-Israeli attack, instability has spread across the region and shaken global energy markets. Countries have scrambled 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, which sits near the strategic waterway, underscoring the growing risks to regional infrastructure. …
