UN Secretary-General António Guterres is "deeply troubled" by recent threats around civilian population, says his spokesperson, APA reports citing BBC.
Whilst not mentioning the US president directly, remarks from Guterres's spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric come after Donald Trump said "a whole civilisation will die tonight," as the deadline he issued to Iran looms.
Dujarric says the UN secretary-general was concerned about comments "suggesting that entire civilian populations or civilisations may be made to bear the consequences of political and military decisions".
There is "no military objective that justifies the wholesale destruction of a society's infrastructure" or "the deliberate infliction of suffering on civilian populations," he adds.
Guterres also believes that war can end "when leaders choose dialogue over destruction" - a choice that "still exists".
