Defiant Trump doubles down on threat to Iran cultural sites
Although destroying cultural sites amounts to a war crime, US President Donald Trump is not backing down with threats to potential sites. – EPA file pic, January 6, 2020.
US President Donald Trump doubled down today on a threat to attack Iranian cultural sites despite accusations that any such strike would amount to a war crime. After his top diplomat, Mike Pompeo, had insisted that any military action would conform to international law, Trump said he would regard cultural sites as fair game if Iran resorted to deadly force against US targets.
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