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Trump hails destruction of Iran’s tallest bridge, warns of ‘much more to follow’

South China Morning Post · · 229 words · By Agence France-Presse
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8 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Trump hails destruction of Iran’s tallest bridge, warns of ‘much more to follow’”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the claim about Trump hailing the destruction of Iran's tallest bridge.
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“US President Donald Trump said on Thursday the tallest bridge in Iran had been destroyed”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm Trump's claim about the destruction of Iran's tallest bridge.
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“Ghodratollah Seif, the deputy governor of Alborz province... said the strike had killed eight people and wounded 95 others”
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Wikipedia entries cited are unrelated to the B1 bridge strike or casualties. No direct evidence supports the claim about eight deaths and 95 injuries.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Asian Athletics Championships was the 26th edition of the Asian Athletics Championships. It was held from 27 to 31 May 2025 in Gumi, South Korea. This was the third time South Korea have host…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Asian_Athletics_Champions…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The President of Iran is the highest official elected by direct, popular vote, although the President carries out the decrees, and answers to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who functions as the country's…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_presidential_election
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“Agence France-Presse is not able to access the sites of strikes nor to independently verify tolls in Iran”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm Agence France-Presse's inability to verify casualties from the B1 bridge strike.
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“Trump posted footage on social media of smoke rising from the B1 bridge... and warned that there would be further destruction”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to verify Trump's social media post about the B1 bridge strike.
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“Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X: 'Striking civilian structures... will not compel Iranians to surrender'”
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Wikipedia entries cited do not include Abbas Araghchi's specific statement about striking civilian structures. No direct evidence supports the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from U.S. president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abbas Araghchi (Persian: عباس عراقچی [ʔæbˌbɒːse æɾɒːˈɢtʃi] ; also spelled Araqchi, born 5 December 1962) is an Iranian diplomat and politician who has served as the foreign minister of Iran since Augu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Araghchi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The ballistic missile program of Iran is the largest in the Middle East and plays a key role in Iran's military strategy. Its diverse short-range and medium-range ballistic missiles serve as a deterre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_missile_program_of_I…
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“The biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down, never to be used again - Much more to follow! IT IS TIME FOR IRAN TO MAKE A DEAL BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm Trump's warning about further destruction linked to negotiations.
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“following a double-strike on the B1 bridge... end the five-week war”
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Wikipedia entries mention events in 2025 but do not explicitly state the conflict duration. No direct evidence confirms the five-week timeline.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 22, 2025, the United States Air Force and Navy attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran as part of the Twelve-Day War, under the code name Operation Midnight Hammer. The Fordow Uranium Enrich…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_strikes_on_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from U.S. president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Iran and the United States in modern-day are unsettled and have a troubled history. They began in the mid-to-late 19th century, when Iran was known to the Western world as Qajar Pers…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations
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