Downing Street says such military action would break international treaties in implicit rebuke to

Only a stupid FOOL such as Trump would bomb cultural sites.






Downing Street says such military action would break international treaties in implicit rebuke to Trump



UK would not back US bombing of Iranian cultural sites – No 10

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/06/no-10-uk-would-not-back-us-bombing-of-iranian-cultural-sites


Last modified on Mon 6 Jan 2020 16.54 EST



Britain’s foreign secretary has said that targeting cultural sites in Iran would breach international warfare conventions in an implicit rebuke to Donald Trump for threatening to bomb protected heritage sites.

Dominic Raab did not criticise the US president directly over his threats, but said: “We have been very clear that cultural sites are protected under international law and we would expect that to be respected.”

The senior British minister was speaking after Trump 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”.


Trump’s comments amount to threatening a war crime because such action would violate international treaties that the US has signed up to.............................