Iran said critical infrastructure, including two bridges, was struck Tuesday by the United States and Israel, with US President Donald Trump warning "a whole civilisation will die" if a midnight deadline for a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz was not met.
Key Infrastructure Hit in Iran
Iranian authorities reported a US-Israeli attack on a bridge outside the city of Qom and a strike on a rail bridge in central Iran that killed two people. Regional authorities also said that a US-Israeli strike shut down a key highway in northern Iran connecting the city of Tabriz with Tehran.
The Mizan news agency additionally reported a strike on railway tracks in Karaj, outside Tehran.
On Tuesday the Israeli military told Iranians to avoid taking trains until 1730 GMT, and train travel to and from Iran's second city of Mashhad was cancelled until further notice.
In the Gulf, the King Fahd Bridge, a major artery connecting Saudi Arabia and the island nation of Bahrain, was temporarily closed as a precaution amid fears of retaliatory strikes by Iran.
Earlier in the day a series of explosions was heard across Tehran, and Iranian media reported that 18 people, including two children, were killed in strikes in Alborz province neighbouring the capital.
US-Israeli strikes also "completely destroyed" the capital's Rafi-Nia synagogue, local media reported. Iranian media said explosions were heard in parts of the capital and nearby Karaj.
Strikes were also reported on Kharg island, a critical hub for the Iranian oil industry, according to Iran's Mehr news agency, although a journalist for the US publication Axios said the attack was against "military targets".
The Israeli army later said it had detected missiles launched from Iran towards Israeli territory, adding that air defence systems were working to intercept them.
Overnight, attacks on Saudi Arabia hit a petrochemical complex in a sprawling industrial area in the eastern city of Jubail, a witness who requested anonymity told AFP, hours after similar installations in Iran were struck.
The strikes came as Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned they would deprive the United States and its allies of oil and gas if Washington crossed Tehran's "red lines".
Trump had warned that unless Tehran allowed free passage through the strategic oil chokepoint by midnight GMT, the United States would unleash what he called the "complete demolition" of Iran's critical infrastructure, including bridges and power plants.
But hours before that deadline, the Israeli military said that it had already completed a broad wave of strikes targeting "infrastructure sites" across Iran.
Trump meanwhile elevated his threat, writing on Truth Social that "a whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will", if the country did not heed his ultimatum.
Key Infrastructure Hit in Iran
Iranian authorities reported a US-Israeli attack on a bridge outside the city of Qom and a strike on a rail bridge in central Iran that killed two people. Regional authorities also said that a US-Israeli strike shut down a key highway in northern Iran connecting the city of Tabriz with Tehran.
The Mizan news agency additionally reported a strike on railway tracks in Karaj, outside Tehran.
On Tuesday the Israeli military told Iranians to avoid taking trains until 1730 GMT, and train travel to and from Iran's second city of Mashhad was cancelled until further notice.
In the Gulf, the King Fahd Bridge, a major artery connecting Saudi Arabia and the island nation of Bahrain, was temporarily closed as a precaution amid fears of retaliatory strikes by Iran.
Earlier in the day a series of explosions was heard across Tehran, and Iranian media reported that 18 people, including two children, were killed in strikes in Alborz province neighbouring the capital.
US-Israeli strikes also "completely destroyed" the capital's Rafi-Nia synagogue, local media reported. Iranian media said explosions were heard in parts of the capital and nearby Karaj.
Strikes were also reported on Kharg island, a critical hub for the Iranian oil industry, according to Iran's Mehr news agency, although a journalist for the US publication Axios said the attack was against "military targets".
The Israeli army later said it had detected missiles launched from Iran towards Israeli territory, adding that air defence systems were working to intercept them.
Overnight, attacks on Saudi Arabia hit a petrochemical complex in a sprawling industrial area in the eastern city of Jubail, a witness who requested anonymity told AFP, hours after similar installations in Iran were struck.
Trump Deadline for Iran
The strikes came as Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned they would deprive the United States and its allies of oil and gas if Washington crossed Tehran's "red lines".
Trump had warned that unless Tehran allowed free passage through the strategic oil chokepoint by midnight GMT, the United States would unleash what he called the "complete demolition" of Iran's critical infrastructure, including bridges and power plants.
But hours before that deadline, the Israeli military said that it had already completed a broad wave of strikes targeting "infrastructure sites" across Iran.
Trump meanwhile elevated his threat, writing on Truth Social that "a whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will", if the country did not heed his ultimatum.
