UN chief ‘very troubled’ by Trump threats against Iran: spokesman

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UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed alarm at US President Donald Trump’s dire warning that “a whole civilisation will die” in Iran if the country does not meet an ultimatum to accept Washington’s war demands, AFP reports.

“The secretary-general is very troubled by the statements that we’ve heard yesterday and again this morning, statements suggesting that an entire people or an entire civilisation may be made to bear the consequences of political and military decisions,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters.

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