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The Guardian - AU
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Sian Cain

George Clooney calls Donald Trump’s ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ threat to Iran a war crime

George Clooney
George Clooney has called Donald Trump’s threat to Iran a war crime. Photograph: Maarten De Boer/Getty Images for AARP

The long-running war of words between George Clooney and the White House has ignited again after the Oscar-winning actor criticised Donald Trump’s threat to Iran that “a whole civilization will die tonight”.

On Wednesday, in a speech to 3,000 high school students in Cuneo, Italy, Clooney said the US president had committed a war crime with his threat.

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