Trump has threatened to destroy Iran’s power plants after news of American F-35 being shot down.

US President Donald Trump threatened to destroy Iran’s bridges and power plants on Thursday, saying “the new regime leadership knows what to do, and to do it fast!” In A true social post.

Trump did not elaborate on what “needs to be done,” but said the U.S. “hasn’t even begun to destroy what’s left in Iran.”

A few hours later, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reportedly claimed that a US F-35 fighter jet had been shot down over central Iran. there were images of jets Posted on TelegramOne photo showed the words “US Air Forces in Europe” on the rear of the plane.

US Central Command, which oversees the region, and Iranian officials did not respond to requests for comment at the time of publication.

Trump’s latest threat came a day after he delivered a nationwide address in which he said the US military would strike Iran “very hard” in the next two or three weeks. He said America would “bring them back to the Stone Age where they belong.”

Hours after his speech, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi hit out defiant tone on X, referring to Trump’s Stone Age comments that “there was no oil or gas being pumped into the Middle East at that time.”

“Are POTUS and the Americans who put him in office sure they want to turn back the clock?” Araghchi said.

Iran has effectively shut down tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global oil route, after the US and Israel attacked the country on February 28.

Trump has repeatedly threatened to send Iran into the “Stone Age” as the war enters its second month and the US military buildup in the Middle East shows no signs of slowing down.

Despite reports of a ceasefire and other initiatives from the US Iran has on several occasions publicly denied multiple reports about talks with the Trump administration as part of a 15-point peace plan to end the war.

Tehran described the 15-point proposal as “extremely maximalist and unreasonable”, Al Jazeera reported. on 25th MarchCiting a highly placed diplomatic source.

trump said on wednesday Iran’s “president of the new regime” had asked Washington for a ceasefire, a claim Tehran has denied. Trump has not specified who the “President” is.

He wrote, “We will consider when the Strait of Hormuz is open, free and clear. Until then, we are pushing Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Age!!!”

Legal experts said attacks on power plants could constitute war crimes and violate international law.

in a letter dated On Thursday and signed by more than 100 legal experts, the group said international law “prohibits attacks on objects indispensable to the survival of civilians, and the attacks threatened by Trump, if implemented, could constitute war crimes.”

Trump had also previously said that he could target water desalination plants in Iran.

Gulf Cooperation Council on Thursday Called on The UN Security Council must “take all necessary measures to ensure the immediate cessation of Iranian aggression against Council states.”

Six Gulf Cooperation Council countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – have come under attack from Iranian missiles and drones as the war enters its second month.

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said its Mina al-Ahmadi refinery was hit by a drone attack early Friday.

Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary-General Jassim Albudaiwi said that although the bloc does not want war, Iran has “crossed all red lines” and described Tehran’s attacks as “treacherous.”

Bahrain, the current rotating President of the Security Council, has led the effort to pass a UN resolution authorizing “all necessary means” to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz.

But the resolution reportedly stalled when veto-wielding Security Council members China, Russia and France objected to the draft resolution, which would have authorized military action against Iran.