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Iran deputy FM says Trump threats to hit civilian sites could be war crimes
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Iran's then-Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Kazem Gharibabadi waits for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, November 21, 2019. (AP/Ronald Zak)
Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, says that US President Donald Trump’s threats to strike power plants and bridges in Iran could amount to war crimes.
“The American president, as the highest official of his country, has publicly threatened to commit war crimes,” Gharibabadi says in a post on X, citing provisions of international law that could be breached.
“The threat to attack power plants and bridges (civilian infrastructure) is a war crime under Article 8(2)(b) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,” he adds.
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