Overnight US strikes on Iran hit the Aq Taqeh Khan railway bridge in northern Iran’s Golestan province, Fars news agency said on Thursday, a trade link to Tehran’s strategic partners China and Russia.Fars said the route that goes on to pass through Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan has been an important land link to China which gained further relevance during this year’s blockade of Iran’s Gulf ports by the US.It added that the route had also been used by Russia for cargo shipments to Iran since late 2025.The agency said repairs to the bridge were expected to be completed quickly.Earlier in the morning and hours before late supreme leader Ali Khamenei was due to be buried in the eastern Iranian city, state TV reported that the train service between Tehran and Mashhad has been suspended after US strikes.The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways blamed “a criminal attack by the US-Israeli enemy” on the route and said it had dispatched repair teams, the state broadcaster reported, adding that road transport was being arranged for stranded passengers.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Earlier, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) accused the United States of targeting “two bridges in the eastern provinces leading toward Mashhad in an effort to overshadow” Khamenei’s funeral, state TV said.