Trump's threatened destruction of Iran's infrastructure could be considered war crime, experts say

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Source: France 24

US President Donald Trump said Monday that he was “not at all” concerned about the risk of committing war crimes in Iran if he carried out his threat to bomb bridges and power plants. However, according to experts in military law, deliberately bombing civilian infrastructure is a violation of international humanitarian law and may constitute a war crime.

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