Deputy governor says strike hit bridge near Iran’s Qom; trains canceled in Mashhad

TEHRAN, Iran — The United States and Israel launched an attack on a bridge near the Iranian city of Qom, south of Tehran, the deputy governor of the province says, according to state TV.

“A few minutes ago, one of the bridges on Qom’s communication lines, outside the city of Qom and in the west of the province, was attacked by American and Zionist enemy projectiles,” Morteza Heydari says.

Separately, train travel to and from Iran’s second-largest city of Mashhad was canceled until further notice after Israel warned Iranians not to use railways until 1730 GMT, local media reports, citing the region’s governor.

“Due to the immoral warning of the Zionist regime regarding the attack on the country’s railways and in order to exercise caution, all train movements from the Mashhad Railway have been canceled until further notice,” Governor Hassan Hosseini says, according to several local media outlets.