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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Dan Sabbagh in Jerusalem

Trump warns Tehran ‘more to follow’ after strike destroys Iran’s largest bridge

The B1 Bridge linking Karaj to Tehran, bombed by the US on 2 April.
The B1 Bridge linking Karaj to Tehran, bombed by the US on 2 April. Photograph: X/MAMLEKATE

Donald Trump claimed responsibility for destroying Iran’s largest bridge, a day after he threatened to bomb the country “back to the stone ages” if a deal to end the five-week-long war he started was not reached.

The US president shared footage of part of the newly built 136 metre-high $400m B1 suspension bridge between Tehran and Karaj collapsing dramatically on to the causeway below amid a rising plume of black smoke.

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