by Sharon Zhang | Jul 23, 2026 | Donald Trump, Iran, Israel, Marco Rubio, News, War Crimes
President Donald Trump has threatened to conduct an attack on Iran that’s “bigger than ever,” saying that he is still considering whether or not to do so after weeks of vowing to attack Iran’s civilian infrastructure, in what experts say would be war crimes. “I am considering a massive attack. Bigger than ever before. I am close to making a decision. We are all set for it,” Trump told Axios’s…
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by Chris Walker | Jul 23, 2026 | Donald Trump, International Law, Iran, iran war, News, War, War Crimes
In a Truth Social post Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump suggested that he would respond to Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz by bombing civilian infrastructure in Iran, which would constitute a war crime. “From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device…
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by Chris Walker | Jul 22, 2026 | Donald Trump, international humanitarian law, Iran, iran war, News, War Crimes
In a Truth Social post on Monday, President Donald Trump vowed to make Iran pay “many times over” for every death of a U.S. soldier in the war — an action that, if carried out, would likely constitute a war crime. This past weekend, CENTCOM announced the three latest deaths of U.S. service members in the war, upping the total number killed to 17 soldiers. The Department of Defense (DOD) also…
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by Sharon Zhang | Jul 20, 2026 | Boat Strikes, Department of Defense, Iran, News, Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, War Crimes
In its first year under Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon dramatically slashed its teams responsible for taking efforts to reduce civilian harm in military conflicts, new reporting finds — an undertaking that continued until as little as months before the U.S. bombed an elementary school in Minab, Iran, in one of the worst single incidents of a civilian massacre committed by the U.S.
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by Sharon Zhang | Jul 17, 2026 | Donald Trump, Houthis, Iran, News, Strait of Hormuz, War Crimes
The U.S. has struck more civilian infrastructure in southern Iran in its sixth consecutive day of attacks on Friday, including key bridges and a tower at a crucial port. Iranian officials reported that U.S. forces struck several key railway and highway bridges overnight on Friday. The attacks “appeared aimed at cutting off Bandar Abbas,” a critical port city that hosts Iran’s Naval…
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by Sharon Zhang | Jul 15, 2026 | Donald Trump, Iran, Minab, News, Pete Hegseth, War Crimes
As calls for transparency grow, President Donald Trump has waved away the idea of accepting U.S. responsibility for the massacre of schoolchildren in Minab, Iran, on the first day of the U.S. and Israel’s war — and has suggested, heinously, that photo evidence of U.S. munitions used on the school “are AI.” Asked about a letter from Democrats this week calling for the release of the U.S.
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