Amnesty warns Trump’s apocalyptic Iran threats could amount to war crimes, calls for urgent action
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Amnesty International condemns Donald Trump’s threats to devastate Iran’s civilian infrastructure as potentially violating international humanitarian law and possibly amounting to genocide. The group urges urgent intervention by the UN Security Council and other states to avert catastrophe, noting that recent US and Israeli strikes on civilian targets heighten the risk to millions of Iranians and their relatives abroad. The statement calls for accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity if such actions proceed.
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