The Iranian mission to the UN has urged the international community to prevent “atrocious acts” after Donald Trump’s latest threat.
The mission condemned Trump’s latest remarks, saying that the US President is threatening “to destroy infrastructure essential to civilian survival” in the country. It added, “He stated that: ‘Tuesday will be Power Plant Day and Bridge Day. all wrapped up in one, there will be nothing like it!!!'”
US President Donald Trump has threatened to attack civilian infrastructure inside Iran, including bridges and power plants, if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened by his stated deadline of Monday.
Trump made the threat in an expletive-laden social media post on Sunday, in which he repeated previous threats to pummel vital infrastructure across Iran.
“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F****** Strait, you crazy b*******, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.”
Donald Trump
On March 26, Trump set a 10-day deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route for the global energy market, where traffic has ground to a halt since the US and Israel first attacked Iran on February 28.
The Iranian mission urged the United Nations not to remain silent.
“If the conscience of the United Nations were alive, it would not remain silent in the face of the overt and shameless threat by the war-mongering President of the United States to target civilian infrastructure. Trump seeks to drag the region into an endless war.
“This is direct and public incitement to terrorise civilians and clear evidence of intent to commit [a] war crime. The international community and all States have legal obligations to prevent such atrocious acts of war crimes. They must act now. Tomorrow is too late.”
Iranian mission to UN
Throughout the war, US officials have threatened Iran with overwhelming violence if it does not capitulate to US demands. Last week, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth threatened to send Iran “back to the Stone Age.”
US-Israeli strikes have already targeted civilian infrastructure and facilities, including bridges, schools, healthcare facilities, and universities. Experts have warned that some of those strikes could constitute war crimes.
Agnes Callamard, the Head of Amnesty International, denounced Trump’s threats to destroy Iranian bridges and power plants, stressing that civilians “will be the first to suffer.”
“No heat, no electricity, no water, no capacity to move or to flee, and all that it means for their right to life. A revolting statement.”
Agnes Callamard
Iran Demands War Compensation To Reopen Strait of Hormuz
Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei, Deputy for communications at the Iranian President’s office, said that Iran will open the Strait of Hormuz only after receiving compensation for war damages, paid via a “new legal regime” based on transit fees.
Tabatabaei also said in a social media post that Trump, who threatened to attack Iran’s civil infrastructure over the strait’s closure, had “resorted to obscenities and nonsense out of sheer desperation and anger.”
Meanwhile, the US President told a news agency that Iran was currently negotiating with the US and that he believed the two could reach a deal before the deadline.
Trump has frequently repeated that Iran is seeking a deal to end the war and that fighting will end soon since the conflict began.
Iran, on the other hand, has stated that it is not seeking to end the war and has vowed to step up escalation across the region if its infrastructure is targeted.
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