TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on X that striking civilian infrastructure "only conveys the defeat and moral collapse of an enemy in disarray."
Araghchi's comments came after US President Donald Trump shared footage on social media of a section of a bridge collapsing in Iran, threatening more attacks. Araghchi's post on X contained a photo of what appeared to be the same bridge.
"Every bridge and building will be built back stronger. What will never recover: damage to America's standing," he wrote.
US-Israeli strikes bombarded Iranian civilian infrastructure on Thursday, a day after Trump signaled that the US was preparing to wrap up the conflict in the coming weeks because Washington was close to achieving its military objectives in its campaign against Iran.
Trump said in a rare primetime address to the nation on Wednesday that the US will still continue hitting Iran "extremely hard" in the next two to three weeks.
US-Israeli strikes over the course of Thursday halted services at two major Iranian steel plants as well, the state-affiliated Mizan agency reported.
Iranian officials said the country's oldest medical research institute was also struck earlier in the day.
The US and Israel say they're striking only military targets in Iran.
UN chief warns Iran conflict could spiral into wider war
Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate halt to the fighting in the Middle East, warning that the conflict risked spilling into a major war.
"We are on the edge of a wider war that would engulf the Middle East with dramatic impacts around the globe," he told reporters in New York on Thursday.
"The spiral of death and destruction must end," he added.
The plea came a day after US President Donald Trump said American forces would keep hitting Iran "extremely hard" over the next few weeks. Tehran responded by saying it would carry out "crushing" attacks against the US and Israel.
Guterres also lamented the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has global ramifications for energy security and food supply.
"If the Strait of Hormuz is choked off, the world's poorest and most vulnerable will no longer be able to breathe," the UN chief said.
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