Iran Says Targeting Cultural Sites A ‘War Crime’, After Trump Threat

A reminder to those hallucinating about emulating ISIS war crimes by targeting our cultural heritage:
Through MILLENNIA of history, barbarians have come and ravaged our cities, razed our monuments and burnt our libraries.

Where are they now?

We’re still here, & standing tall.

— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 5, 2020

-Having committed grave breaches of int'l law in Friday's cowardly assassinations, @realdonaldtrump threatens to commit again new breaches of JUS COGENS;

-Targeting cultural sites is a WAR CRIME;

-Whether kicking or screaming, end of US malign presence in West Asia has begun.

— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 5, 2020

Those masquerading as diplomats and those who shamelessly sat to identify Iranian cultural & civilian targets should not even bother to open a law dictionary.

Jus cogens refers to peremptory norms of international law, i.e. international red lines. That is, a big(ly) "no no".

— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 5, 2020