A US-Israeli strike on a major bridge just outside Tehran killed at least eight people and injured 95 others, according to local media
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Several strikes hit the B1 bridge about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of the Iranian capital on Thursday, severing a key new route under construction between the Iranian capital and the city of Karaj, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported, citing a local security official.
Those killed included “residents of Bilqan village, passing travelers and families who were in the area for Nature Day,” the final day of the Nowruz holidays, a local official said, according to a later Fars report.
Many families spend Nature Day outdoors, often having picnics near rivers and natural beauty spots.
The crossing was “the tallest bridge in the Middle East,” the judiciary-affiliated news agency Mizan claimed. It was designed to cut down the one-hour travel time between Tehran and Karaj to 10 minutes and was seen as a “point of pride for Iranian engineers,” according to local media.