US strikes bridges in Iran, expanding its airstrike campaign over the Strait of Hormuz

Dubai: The United States expanded its air strike campaign against Iran early Friday, increasingly hitting bridges as part of President Donald Trump’s threat to strike infrastructure to pressure Tehran to ease its grip on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has launched new missile attacks against US-allied countries in the Middle East and warned that its attacks will increase.

A temporary ceasefire agreed last month collapsed and the region endured days of mutual attacks by the United States and Iran as they battle for control of the strait. Iranian officials say that more than 35 people died and more than 300 people were injured in the US attacks, and new casualties were reported in Friday’s attacks.

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When the United States and Israel launched a war against Iran on February 28, Tehran effectively closed the strait to ship traffic; This caused oil prices to rise and gave Iran a huge advantage in negotiations.

Col. Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesman for the Iranian military’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, had previously threatened that Iran could launch large-scale attacks on “all infrastructure in the region” if the United States followed Trump’s repeated warnings that he could hit Iranian bridges and power plants.
“As a foreign and extra-regional country, we will not allow America’s intervention in the Strait of Hormuz under any circumstances and in any way,” he added. “This is Iran’s invincible red line.”