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Monday, April 6, 2026
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Monday, April 6, 2026
UN warns Trump against attacking civilian sites in Iran
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned the US that attacking civilian infrastructure is banned under international law, his spokesman says, as US President Donald Trump threatens to take out Iranian bridges and power plants.
“Even if specific civilian infrastructure were to qualify as a military objective,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric says, an attack would still be prohibited if it risks “excessive incidental civilian harm.”
A court would need to decide whether such attacks were war crimes, he adds.
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