Trump renews threat to hit Iran’s power plants and bridges. Would such strikes be legal?
Mark Kimmitt told CNN that “bridges and infrastructure that are primarily being used to support military forces are legitimate military targets,” adding that he “didn’t hear anything about civilian infrastructure” in Trump’s comments.
Amid previous threats from Trump to hit Iranian power plants, legal expert Craig Jones, a senior lecturer at the UK’s Newcastle University, told CNN there are two key questions to consider: Does such action have a “concrete and direct” military advantage?
Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images US President Donald Trump renewed his threat yesterday to strike bridges and power plants in Iran unless Tehran returns to the negotiating table.
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