Image: President Donald Trump — accompanied by CIA Director John Ratcliffe (C-L), Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (2nd-R), and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine (R) — speaks during a news conference in James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harnik / Getty Images

Sharon Zhang of Truthout reports: “President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that carrying out war crimes against Iran is justified because Iranian leaders are “animals” — using the same language Israeli leaders have used to describe Palestinians, which has been cited by judges in the Hague in determinations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

A journalist asked Trump on Monday: “How would it not be a war crime to strike Iran’s bridges and power plants?”

“They kill protesters,” Trump said. “They’re animals, and we have to stop them.”

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