WASHINGTON, Jan 5 — Any US military action against Iran will be in line with international law, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today after President Donald Trump threatened to attack cultural sites. Trump was accused of threatening a war crime after he tweeted that sites which were...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks on the release of the 2017 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom on May 29, 2018. — AFP pic
Trump was accused of threatening a war crime after he tweeted that sites which were “important to Iranian culture” were on a list of 52 potential US targets should the regime in Tehran make good on its pledge to avenge the killing of a top commander. “I’ve seen what we are planning in terms of the target set. I’m sure the Department of Defense is continuing to develop options,” he said.
Trump’s threat late Saturday sparked widespread accusations from Democrats that he would be in breach of the Geneva Convention which says any targeting of cultural sites constitutes a war crime.
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