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Iran says targeting cultural sites a 'war crime' after Trump threat

5 January 2020 10:19 GMT

Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif described any decision to target Iran's sites, including cultural sites, as a "war crime" hours after US President Donald Trump threatened such action.

-Having committed grave breaches of int'l law in Friday's cowardly assassinations, @realdonaldtrump threatens to commit again new breaches of JUS COGENS;

-Targeting cultural sites is a WAR CRIME;

-Whether kicking or screaming, end of US malign presence in West Asia has begun.
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 5, 2020