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Karaj’s unfinished B1 Bridge damaged
US-Israel targeting of civilian infrastructure exposes ‘moral collapse’
The B1 Bridge was a key infrastructure project for Alborz Province and was slated for official inauguration in the near future.
The US president shared footage of part of the newly built 136 meter-tall $400 million B1 suspension bridge between Tehran and Karaj collapsing dramatically on to the causeway below amid a rising plume of black smoke.
The middle of the bridge was struck twice. Later imagery showed a clear gap at the heart of what had been one of Iran’s premier infrastructure projects.
While the full extent of the structural damage is being assessed, officials confirmed the site has sustained significant impacts. The strikes have also taken the lives of eight innocent civilians so far.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the US strikes on civilian infrastructure, including the unfinished bridge in Karaj, demonstrate Washington’s “defeat and moral collapse,” stressing that such attacks will not force Iranians to surrender.
In a post on his X account on Thursday, Araghchi argued that while Iran will rebuild stronger, the damage to America’s global standing will be irreversible.
The B1 Bridge is widely regarded as a pinnacle of domestic engineering capability, designed to facilitate major transit corridors and alleviate traffic congestion in the Alborz and Tehran regions.
Iran’s deputy minister of Roads and Urban Development noted that since the beginning of the imposed war, many bridges in Iran have come under attack, including a bridge on the Kermanshah–Hamil–Ilam freeway route.
“That bridge was immediately repaired and put back into operation by our young people, and they did not allow any problems to arise for the public; they will continue to do so here as well,” said Houshang Bazvand.
The US and the Israeli regime launched a large-scale unprovoked military campaign against Iran following the assassination of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, along with several senior military commanders and civilians, on February 28.
In response, the Iranian Armed Forces have carried out retaliatory operations, targeting American and Israeli positions in the occupied territories and at regional bases with waves of missiles and drones.