President Donald Trump has suggested the United States will destroy Iranian “civilisation” if Tehran does not open the Strait of Hormuz and submit to his terms.About 12 hours before the Tuesday night deadline he set for Iranian authorities, Trump shared a social media post threatening to irreversibly obliterate Iran.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.Iran is the heir to the millennia-old Persian civilisation, one of the most influential in human history.For more than two weeks, the US president has been warning that he would order the destruction of Iran’s civilian infrastructure, including bridges and power stations, if his demands are not met.His latest post on Tuesday reflected the escalating and angry rhetoric he has deployed since the US and Israel launched the war on Iran on February 28.Legal experts said targeting civilian infrastructure is a war crime.“It’s horrific. It’s pure evil. It’s disqualifying,” Yasmine Taeb, legislative and political director for the advocacy group MPower Change Action Fund, said of Trump’s threats.“It’s the words of a deranged, unstable madman.”Taeb called for a “stronger reaction” from US lawmakers and the international community against Trump’s rhetoric and policies.Democrats call for ending warSeveral Democratic members of the US Congress on Tuesday condemned Trum …
