Updated April 7, 2026 Foreign Policy & War
War Crime / Crime Against Humanity Ongoing
Trump Issues Ultimatum: 'A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight' Unless Iran Capitulates
Trump's explicit threats to destroy all civilian infrastructure in Iran — every bridge, every power plant — with the stated goal of ensuring Iran 'could literally never rebuild as a nation again' constitute textbook threats of indiscriminate attack, a war crime under the Rome Statute and customary IHL.