United States President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to Iran, declaring that American forces could destroy the country’s bridges and power plants within a single hour should he choose to order such strikes — a threat that France 24 International Affairs Editor Ketevan Gorjestani described as part of a broader and intensifying pressure campaign against Tehran.
Speaking on France 24, Gorjestani reported that Trump’s remarks came amid active — if fragile — diplomatic engagement between Washington and Tehran, with the two sides continuing to exchange messages through Pakistani mediators. The president’s comments blended expressions of optimism about the prospects for peace with pointed threats of devastating military action.
“Trump said that he could, with the United States Army, take out Iran’s bridges and Iran’s power plants in an hour if he so chose to,” Gorjestani told viewers, conveying the directness and severity of the president’s warning, which was issued even as he simultaneously suggested the war could be over very soon and that two remarkable days of diplomatic progress may be approaching.
Gorjestani placed Trump’s threat within the context of the ongoing naval blockade, which has been in effect for 48 hours and which CENTCOM says has successfully prevented any Iran-linked vessel from passing through the cordon. At least six to eight ships have reversed course after contact with US naval forces. American assets — approximately 10,000 troops and a dozen warships — are stationed at the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf of Oman, where they exercise maximum operational control with minimum exposure to Iranian retaliatory capabilities.
The economic rationale behind both the blockade and the broader pressure campaign is clear, Gorjestani explained. The United States aims to make it economically unsustainable for Iran to hold firm in negotiations, cutting off oil revenues and transit income until Tehran is compelled to make concessions. Yet Iran, she noted, is not showing signs of yielding. Tehran continues to insist on its right to enrich uranium — a demand that remains a non-starter for Washington — and has not budged on its positions regarding the Strait of Hormuz or the question of reparations for war damages……See More
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