Israeli military warns Iranians to stay away from country's trains and train stations

The Israel Defense Forces warned Iranians Tuesday morning to avoid taking trains for about 12 hours.

The IDF issued the warning in Farsi on social media shortly before 9 a.m. Tehran time (1:20 a.m. EDT). 

In a post titled "Urgent Warning to Users and Train Passengers in the Country of Iran," the IDF said, "Dear Citizens, for the sake of your security, we kindly request that from this moment until 21:00 Iran time (1:30 p.m. EDT), you refrain from using and traveling by train throughout Iran. Your presence on trains and near railway lines endangers your life."

The IDF seemed to be signaling upcoming strikes on Iran's railways, which would be a further expansion of targeting against civilian infrastructure in the combined U.S.-Israeli strikes. President Trump has already touted the destruction of a large bridge near Tehran, and threatened to destroy all of Iran's bridges and power plants if it doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday evening.

Both the U.S. and Israel insist that their militaries do not deliberately target civilians, but a strike hit an elementary school early in the war, killing about 170 children, and Iranian officials said a major university was bombed this week. Health care facilities have also been heavily damaged during the war.