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Iran Threatens Harsher Retaliation After Bridge Strike as Kuwait Reports Damage to Utility Plant

The Vatican's outreach signals pressure to revive talks during a standoff over strikes on key infrastructure.

Overview

  • Iran's military, which issued a public warning Friday, said new hits on bridges or power sites would trigger harsher strikes on U.S., Israeli and allied targets.
  • The warning followed a bombing of a bridge under construction in Alborz province, where Iranian emergency teams moved in to keep operations running.
  • Kuwait said an Iranian-launched attack damaged a plant that provides electricity and desalinated water, raising concern about service disruptions for civilians.
  • Pope Leo XIV called Israeli President Isaac Herzog and urged reopening all diplomatic channels to end the fighting and to uphold international humanitarian law.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed 70% of Iran's steel capacity was destroyed, a figure that outside and allied assessments have not confirmed.