Trump’s threat against Iran desalination plants would be a war crime, legal experts say
Trump threatened to destroy Iran's desalination plants, which legal experts quoted in the article said would violate international law if civilian water supplies were targeted.
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The article reports that President Donald Trump threatened to destroy Iran’s desalination plants, and that legal experts said attacks on facilities serving civilians would violate international law. It also describes the limited domestic and international mechanisms the article says could constrain such an order, and the risks to civilians who rely on desalinated water.
