UK would not back US bombing of Iran cultural sites
No 10 Downing Street has said targeting cultural sites in Iran would breach international warfare conventions in an implicit rebuke to Donald Trump for threatening to bomb protected heritage sites.
Boris Johnsons official spokesman refused to criticise Trump directly but made clear the UK government would not support such a course of action, after the US president said he could target 52 Iranian sites if Iran retaliated over the assassination of Qassem Suleimani some at a very high level and important to Iran and the Iranian culture.
Trumps comments amount to threatening a war crime because such action would violate international treaties, but he repeated the threat on Sunday, saying: Theyre allowed to kill our people, theyre allowed to torture and maim our people, theyre allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people, and were not allowed to touch their cultural sites? It doesnt work that way.
Responding to Trumps latest comments, Johnsons spokesman said there were international conventions in place that prevent the destruction of cultural heritage, implying the UK does not believe such threats would be carried out.
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