Tag: cultural sites

Esper defies Trump, says no attacks on Iran cultural sites

January 7, 2020

Trump’s threat to destroy cultural sites caught administration officials off-guard and prompted an immediate outcry from legal scholars, national security experts and Democratic lawmakers.

Trump targets 52 important, cultural Iranian sites’

January 5, 2020

Trump’s reference to targeting sites “important to Iran & the Iranian culture” could raise questions about whether striking such targets would violate international agreements.