U.S. President Donald Trump said that the United States would expand its strikes on Iran to target power plants and bridges next week unless Tehran agrees to negotiate.
“Next week it gets really bad for them because next week comes the power plants. Next week comes the bridges,” Trump said.
“We’re going to knock out all their power plants. We’re going to knock out all their bridges unless they get to the table and negotiate.”
The U.S. president said that Iran’s military has been “degraded to a very low level” after repeated U.S. strikes and that the attacks will continue “until I say it’s enough.”
Trump’s remarks came amid the latest escalation of the conflict between the United States and Iran.
On Tuesday, U.S. forces launched another round of strikes against Iranian targets for a fourth day in a row and reimposed the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz.
“U.S. forces resumed the naval blockade against vessels transiting to and from Iranian ports and coastal areas,” the U.S. Central Command said in a statement.
Iran says over 30 civilians killed in recent U.S. attacks
Meanwhile, Iran’s government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said Wednesday that more than 30 civilians were killed in recent United States strikes on southern Iran.
She made the remarks in a post on social media platform X, expressing condolences to the victims’ families and pledging government support.
Meanwhile, the Iranian army said in a statement that seven soldiers were killed and several others wounded in a U.S. strike early Wednesday on a ground force garrison in Bampur County, in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
The army said 13 missiles hit the military center’s barracks, guesthouse and guard posts.
The United States has carried out several waves of strikes on Iran’s southern regions in recent days, saying that the operations were aimed at “degrading Iran’s ability to threaten commercial shipping” in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian forces have responded by targeting U.S. bases and facilities in regional countries, including Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, with missiles and drones.
The U.S. Central Command said Wednesday that its forces had conducted another round of strikes against Iran, hitting dozens of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian coastal areas.