Yahya Abad railway bridge
Iranian railway bridge near Kashan struck by IDF on the ceasefire day, killing at least two.
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Background
The Yahya Abad railway bridge, located near Kashan in central Iran, was struck by the IDF on the same day as the Ceasefire announcement. The attack killed at least two people and severed a key rail link between Tehran and Isfahan.
The bridge sat on the main north-south railway corridor connecting Tehran to Isfahan and Onward to Shiraz and the Persian Gulf ports. Its destruction disrupted both passenger and freight services through central Iran, adding to the transport infrastructure damage from concurrent strikes on Bahram, Mehrabad, and Azmayesh airports in Tehran.
The timing of the strike, hours before the Ceasefire took effect, followed a pattern of intensified operations designed to maximise territorial and infrastructure damage before the cessation of hostilities. Destroying fixed infrastructure like bridges creates reconstruction costs and logistical bottlenecks that persist well beyond any Ceasefire period.
