UN, EU Warn Trump Against Striking Iranian Power Plants, Say Violates International Law

By William Teach April 7, 2026 – 10:30 am

I’m having trouble where the EU and UN have warned Iran against striking civilian targets after Iran already struck civilian targets in Israel, Dubai, and other Middle East nations. But, especially against Israel. Nor do they ever warn Hamas or Hezbollah. Nor do they ever warn Iran about the way Iran treats women and LGBT people
UN warns Trump’s Iran infrastructure threats could violate international law
Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges if the country fails to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by a Tuesday deadline. The threat has drawn sharp criticism from senior Democrats and alarmed the United Nations, which warned the plan could violate international law.
Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer condemned the threat in a social media post. “The president of the United States is ranting like an unhinged madman on social media,” Schumer wrote. “He’s threatening possible war crimes and alienating allies. This is who he is, but this is not who we are. Our country deserves so much better.”
Trump set an 8pm Eastern time Tuesday deadline for Iran to agree to a deal and reopen the strategic waterway. In a profanity-laced social media post, he warned Iran would “be living in Hell” if it failed to comply. Trump stated that every bridge in Iran would be decimated by 12 o’clock the following night. He also warned that every power plant in Iran would be “out of business, burning, exploding and never to be used again.”
Well of course Schumer and other Democrats condemned, because they are on the side of Iran, not the United States
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed alarm at the threats. His spokesman Stephane Dujarric stated: “We were alarmed by the rhetoric seen in that social media post that threatened American attacks on power plants, bridges, and other infrastructure, should Iran not agree to a deal.”
Dujarric warned that attacking non-military targets risks violating international law, even if there is a military objective. When asked whether bombing power plants and bridges could constitute war crimes, Trump responded: “No, not at all.”
And then
EU warns Trump against ‘illegal’ bombing of Iran’s power stations
U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to bomb power plants and bridges across Iran if it does not reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz would be a war crime, one of the EU’s top leaders cautioned on Monday, hours before Washington’s deadline expires.
“Any targeting of civilian infrastructure, namely energy facilities, is illegal and unacceptable,” European Council President António Costa said in a statement. “This applies to Russia’s war in Ukraine, and it applies everywhere.”
It’s wild the lengths these people will go to protect Iran. It’s not all Trump or Bush Derangement Syndrome, because they worked to protect Iran during the Clinton, Obama, and Biden admins.



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