Unverified footage circulating on Telegram shows the Khorasan bridge, a key link on the Bandar Abbas–Shiraz artery in southern Iran, damaged after US strikes overnight, according to a regional monitoring channel. The bridge is one of several infrastructure targets hit in recent days.
Unverified footage posted to Telegram on Friday afternoon shows the Khorasan bridge on the Bandar Abbas–Shiraz road in southern Iran damaged after US strikes that took place overnight, according to a regional monitoring channel. The footage confirms damage to a bridge that was the subject of earlier reports, following new photos that emerged at 12:10 Jerusalem and a video description at 02:28 that claimed the bridge had collapsed.
The thread of reports on this bridge began at 00:36 Jerusalem, when security analyst Yair Goldblatt reported that all bridges linking Bandar Khomeini to Bandar Abbas had been disabled. A US official confirmed to the Wall Street Journal at the same time that bridge strikes aimed to cut supply lines to Bandar Abbas. Over the night, reports accumulated: Iran's Fars news agency reported five bridges struck in the region; a bridge in Khamir province was documented; and The Zioneer reported at 00:36 that new photos had emerged of a bridge struck on the Bandar Abbas–Shiraz artery. At 02:28, a video description reported that the same bridge had collapsed after a missile strike to its center. At 12:10, new photos showed damage to the bridge. The current footage now identifies the bridge as the Khorasan bridge and confirms damage, though it does not show a full collapse.
Arab analysts have assessed that the US strikes on bridges and roads near Bandar Abbas are part of a systematic campaign to cut off supply lines to southern Iran and isolate the coastal area near the Strait of Hormuz, as The Zioneer reported at 11:59 Jerusalem. The US official's confirmation at 00:36 aligned with that assessment.
The extent of damage to the Khorasan bridge remains unverified from independent sources. The earlier claim of a full collapse based on video description is not confirmed by the current footage.
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