"Targeting civilians and cultural sites is what terrorists do. It's a war crime," added fellow Senator Chris Murphy.In a flurry of interviews on the Sunday talkshows, Trump's top diplomat said the US would not hesitate to hit back hard against Iran's"kleptocratic regime" if it came under attack, but pledged that any action would be consistent with the rule of law.
His comments came after his opposite number in Tehran Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted that"targeting cultural sites is a WAR CRIME".threatens to commit again new breaches of JUS COGENS;-Whether kicking or screaming, end of US malign presence in West Asia has begun.
"Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iranian cultural sites would be a war crime under UN Security Council resolution 2347 - supported by the Trump Administration itself in 2017 to warn ISIS+Al Qaeda of similar actions. Trump's threat drew comparisons with the Taliban's destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan, which once stood at this site.