5:54 PM EDT, Sunday 29 March 2026 -- A little over two hours ago, reports started coming in saying the US and/or Israel had begun bombing power plants and other infrastructure inside Iran.
These claims were viewed with great skepticism because President Donald Trump explcitly and publicly said he was ordering a postponement of any such infrastructure attacks for ten days, until April 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM Eastern US time.
Yet here we are, at 5:54 PM eastern time on Sunday, March 29 and the video below came in showing Tehran without electric power:
The United States has just bombed Iran power plants, leaving hospitals and homes without electricity for millions of people. Thinking about dialysis patients, babies in NICU, and others.
— Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) March 29, 2026
People will die. Innocent children will die. This is a crime against humanity. pic.twitter.com/SII8j0z5mx
UPDATE 6:48 PM EDT --
🇺🇲🇮🇱🇮🇷 BREAKING | According to initial information, the air forces of the USA and Israel carried out massive airstrikes on power plants and substations located in urban areas in and around Tehran, resulting in a blackout of almost the entire territory of Tehran and its… pic.twitter.com/7USYFd8zES
— Visioner (@visionergeo) March 29, 2026
If we in the US or in Israel did this, after our President said we would wait for ten days, NO ONE will ever be able to trust us again. No one in the entire world.
We were supposed to be the Good Guys.  Turns out, we're not.
🚨Alert: Negotiations Over!! President Trump Orders Tehran Power Grid be destroyed! Warplanes hit it today! Trump completes his threat to destroy Irans Power Grid!! More to Come. pic.twitter.com/EfZb9h0nlN
— US Homeland Security News (@defense_civil25) March 29, 2026
