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# Trump Reiterates Threat to Iranian Cultural Sites
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/trump-reiterates-threat-to-iranian-cultural-sites/
- Published: 2020-01-06T02:38:45.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:07:27.000Z
- Description: According to the New York Times, Trump has reiterated his threat against cultural sites in Iran. Even such a move would widely be seen as a war crime, the president argued on Sunday night: “They’re allowed to kill our people. They’re allowed to torture and maim our people. They’re allowed to use roa
- Author: News Update
- Tags: News, Donald Trump, Iran, war crimes, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:41 (2019, 2020, part 2)

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According to the [*New York Times*](https://nyti.ms/2FlYmDQ?ref=hyperallergic.com), Trump has reiterated his threat against cultural sites in Iran. Even such a move would widely be seen as a war crime, the president argued on Sunday night: “They’re allowed to kill our people. They’re allowed to torture and maim our people. They’re allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people … and we’re not allowed to touch their cultural site? It doesn’t work that way.”

> [Trump Threatens War Crimes on Iran in New Tweet About Cultural Sites](https://hyperallergic.com/trump-threatens-war-crimes-on-iran-in-new-tweet-about-cultural-sites/)