Gulf Insider
Iran’s parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf dismissed Trump’s recent threats of targeting Iran’s infrastructure as “reckless” in a social media post on Sunday. “You won’t gain anything through war crimes,” Qalibaf wrote on X. “The only real solution is respecting the rights of the Iranian people and ending this dangerous game.” Tehran’s mission to the UN called the open threats to target civilian infrastructure “a direct and public incitement to terrorize civilians and clear evidence of intent to commit war crime.” “The international community and all States have legal obligations to prevent such atrocious acts of war crimes,” the mission said in a post on the social platform X. “They must act now. Tomorrow is too late.” Iran’s ally Russia also condemned Trump’s threat. Moscow said Washington should abandon “the language of ultimatums” and return to negotiations, according to a Russian readout of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s latest call with his Iranian counterpart. A former foreign minister and adviser to the supreme leader warned Sunday that “the resistance front” could target the Bab El-Mandeb Strait off the Red Sea, through which about 12 percent of the world’s trade typically passes. “If the White House thinks of repeating its stupid mistakes, it […]
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