Donald Trump threatened to intensify US attacks against Iran next week, targeting power plants and bridges, unless Tehran agrees to return to the negotiating table.
“Next week, things are going to get very bad for them, because then it will be the turn of the power plants. Then it will be the turn of the bridges,” the US president said in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday, July 14. “We will destroy all the power plants. We will destroy all their bridges unless they come to the negotiating table.”
The destruction of civilian infrastructure, such as energy facilities, is prohibited under international law and may constitute a war crime.
Trump made similar statements in March, when he threatened to “completely eliminate” Iran’s electricity-generating stations and drinking-water facilities unless Tehran soon accepted the peace terms. The destruction of civilian infrastructure, such as energy and water facilities, is prohibited under international humanitarian law and may constitute a war crime.
The destruction of civilian infrastructure, such as energy facilities, is prohibited under international humanitarian law and may constitute a war crime.
At the same time, the United States is carrying out attacks against Iran for a fourth consecutive day and has reinstated the naval blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran is responding with attacks on US targets in Gulf countries such as Bahrain and Kuwait.
Source: Guardian
