Tehran Slams Trump’s ‘War Crime’ Threats, Promises Severe Payback

(Tehran Ana)- Iran’s deputy foreign minister accused the U.S. president of openly threatening war crimes and warned that any attack would trigger a devastating response.

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Kazem Gharibabadi reacted to the recent threats made by U.S. President Donald Trump by outlining five legal and strategic points on his official X account:

The use of force against Iran's territorial integrity is a blatant violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter (the absolute prohibition of the threat or use of force) and constitutes an act of aggression under UN General Assembly Resolution 3314.

Threatening to attack power plants and bridges (civilian infrastructure) is a war crime under Article 8(2)(b) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Article 52 of the 1977 Geneva Protocol I.

As the highest-ranking official of his country, the U.S. President has publicly threatened to commit war crimes—an act that triggers his individual criminal responsibility before the ICC and any competent national court.

Based on Article 51 of the UN Charter, the Islamic Republic of Iran will provide a decisive, immediate, and regret-inducing response to any aggression or imminent threat.

It is advised that the U.S. President cease these threats—the consequences of which will not be limited to Iran—before his name is recorded in history as a "supreme war criminal."

Earlier, Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric by threatening to target all of Iran's bridges and power plants; a move that international legal experts describe as a clear intent to commit war crimes.