U.S. President Donald Trump, who threatened to turn Iran into the "Stone Age," boasted of American military power after airstrikes on bridges near Tehran, saying the U.S. "has not even begun a real attack" and signaling potential future strikes on power plants. Iran, which earlier identified the U.S. and Middle Eastern big tech firms as architects of the attacks, has maintained a tit-for-tat confrontation, including retaliatory strikes on an Amazon cloud center in Bahrain.
On June 2 (local time), Trump wrote on Truth Social, "Our military, the most powerful and mighty in the world, has not even begun the work of destroying what remains in Iran," adding, "Next are bridges, and after that, power plants." The following day, he posted again on Truth Social, expressing confidence: "Given a little more time, we could easily open the Strait of Hormuz, seize the oil, and make a lot of money."
The U.S. military's bombing of a bridge connecting Tehran to Karaj in Alborz Province, a strategic western hub, is likely to significantly impact Iran's offensive capabilities. The strike effectively severed Iran's missile transport route from Tehran to its western launch bases.
