Iran Press/Iran news: The United States President Donald Trump is “a terrorist in a suit”, Iranian Information and Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi tweeted on Sunday.
“Like ISIS, Like Hitler, Like Genghis! They all hate cultures. Trump is a terrorist in a suit. He will learn history very soon that NOBODY can defeat ‘the Great Iranian Nation & Culture’,” Jahromi tweeted.
"He will learn history very soon that NOBODY can defeat "the Great Iranian Nation & Culture," Jahromi said.
Seconds after President Donald Trump threatened retaliation on Saturday if Iran, in turn, retaliates for the deadly US airstrike on its top commander, Twitter followers accused him of planned war crimes.
The US congress Representative Ocasio-Cortez tweeted to Trump after he threatened to destroy Iranian cultural sites.
"This is a war crime, it makes you a monster," she tweeted.
"Threatening to target and kill innocent families, women and children - which is what you’re doing by targeting cultural sites - does not make you a 'tough guy. It does not make you 'strategic.' It makes you a monster," she tweeted.
Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic presidential hopeful responded to these threats as well.
"You are threatening to commit war crimes. We are not at war with Iran. The American people do not want a war with Iran. This is a democracy. You do not get to start a war with Iran, and your threats put our troops and diplomats at greater risk. Stop," Warren warned.
One-time deputy assistant to former President Barack Obama Colin Kahl said if Trump doesn’t care about war crimes, members of the Department of Defense do, and know that targeting cultural sites is a war crime.
"For what it's worth, I find it hard to believe the Pentagon would provide Trump targeting options that include Iranian cultural sites. Trump may not care about the laws of war, but DoD planners and lawyers do...and targeting cultural sites is a war crime," Kahl said.
Ilhan Omar, the controversial congresswoman wrote in her tweet account: "The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes on Twitter. God help us all!"
"This is a major test for our country. Will we allow decades of executive overreach and militarism to continue? Or will Congress step in and perform our Constitutional role to stop a war? The world is watching," she added.
President Trump has warned the US is "targeting" 52 Iranian sites and will strike "very fast and very hard" if Tehran attacks Americans or US assets.
The president's remarks followed the US assassination of Ghasem Soleimani, a top Iranian general, in a drone strike. Soleimani's assassination was a major escalation between the two nations, and Iran vowed to take "severe revenge".
Writing on Twitter, Trump accused Iran of "talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets".
He said the US had identified 52 Iranian sites, some "at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture", and warned they would be "HIT VERY FAST AND HARD" if Tehran struck at the US.
Following the martyrdom of Maj. Ghassem Soleimani, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed harsh revenge. The US is now steeling for possible attacks on American troops and interests. 212/ 104
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