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’.
More than a month has passed since the United States and Israel carried out coordinated air strikes on Iran. Iranian state media reported on February 28 that Ali Khamenei — described as the nation’s second supreme leader — had been assassinated.
In a late television address on Wednesday (April 1), Trump, 79, warned that the situation could intensify if Iranian officials refused to accept Washington’s demands.
He also suggested the operation would continue until key goals were close to being achieved, saying forces would “finish the job” once ‘core strategic objectives [were] nearing completion’.
Since then, Trump has indicated the US Army’s focus would broaden to include strikes intended to destroy major infrastructure, including bridges and power stations.
“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.”
Analysts have noted that hitting bridges and electricity facilities would take US actions beyond strictly military sites, a shift that could increase humanitarian concerns and disrupt the wider regional economy, according to Newsweek.
Before issuing the newer warning about infrastructure, Trump posted video footage that appeared to show an attack on the B1 bridge in Karaj.
He claimed the clip captured the ‘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.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi responded on Thursday via X, arguing that attacks on civilian infrastructure would not force Iranians to capitulate.
Striking civilian structures, including unfinished bridges, will not compel Iranians to surrender.
It only conveys the defeat and moral collapse of an enemy in disarray. Every bridge and building will be built back stronger. What will never recover: damage to America's standing. pic.twitter.com/872zuE36qD
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) April 2, 2026
“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 two people had died in connection with the bridge strike, according to the BBC.
The Deputy for Security at the Alborz Governor’s Office also said multiple people were injured, local outlets reported.
Trump’s latest comments come as oil prices rise in the United States and as he criticizes Nato allies for what he describes as insufficient support for US aims in Iran.
He has also claimed online that Iran’s ‘new Regime president’ had sought 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.”
Trump further said he had been communicating with unidentified Iranian figures, though Iranian authorities denied that any talks were underway.
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.
Are POTUS and Americans who put him in office sure that they want to turn back the clock?
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) April 2, 2026
Araghchi also pushed back on the ‘back to the Stone Ages’ remark in another post on X, formerly 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?”