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Trump Says Iranians Want US to Keep Bombing
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10:30Now PlayingAlex Vatanka, Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute, suggests there is an element of truth to the suggestion that Iranians want the US to keep bombing but their appetite for it has diminished.
Trump laid bare the consequences Iran would face if it doesn’t reach a deal by his Tuesday 8 p.m. cut-off, saying the US military could destroy “every bridge in Iran by 12 o’clock tomorrow night.” Power plants would be rendered “burning, exploding and never to be used again,” he said.
Attacking civilian infrastructure is barred by the Geneva Conventions, but Trump said he was “not at all” concerned about committing war crimes.
“I mean complete demolition by 12 o’clock, and it will happen over a period of four hours, if we wanted to,” he said. “We don’t want that to happen.” President Donald Trump reupped his threat of widespread bombing in Iran in the coming hours if Tehran does not agree to US terms to end the war there.
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” he posted on social media.
Conversely, he said new Iranian leaders with “different, smarter, and less radicalized minds” could reach a deal ahead of the 8 p.m. deadline he set earlier this week.
“We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end,” he said.
On Sunday, Trump vowed to destroy civilian infrastructure in Iran, including power plants if a deal wasn’t reached by late Tuesday, New York time, a move that could constitute a war crime.
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