Amnesty International secretary general Agnes Callamard assessed the April 7 threat and related civilian-infrastructure warnings against international humanitarian law's prohibitions on attacking civilians and civilian objects. She said a civilian object's military use does not remove proportionality obligations.
Trump warns that Iran's civilization will die that night
Back to resultsAmnesty International reported Trump's April 7, 2026 statement about Iran: 'a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again'.
- Date
- 2026-04-07
- Evidence status
- Documented statement; attributed legal assessment, not a completed attack
- Current status
- Documented statement; attributed legal assessment, not a completed attack
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Trumpson and partner at 1789 CapitalDonald Trump Jr.1 sourcePentagon announces Dell Federal Systems software purchasing agreement2026-05-27U.S. Department of Defenseawarded software blanket purchase agreementDell Federal Systems, L.P.1 sourcePentagon announces Dell Federal Systems software purchasing agreement2026-05-27Dell Technologiesparent of federal subsidiaryDell Federal Systems, L.P.1 sourceHouse Democrats sought Ellison records on merger contacts and editorial commitments2026-05-12Donald J. Trumpmedia executive closely allied with TrumpDavid Ellison2 sourcesWLF proposed keeping 80% of early investors' tokens locked2026-04-15Donald J. Trumpson, family-business executive, and co-founder of the Trump-branded WLF ventureDonald Trump Jr.2 sourcesWLF proposed keeping 80% of early investors' tokens locked2026-04-15Donald J. Trumpson, family-business executive, and co-founder of the Trump-branded WLF ventureEric Trump2 sourcesWLF set a $5 million token-lock threshold for guaranteed team access2026-04-15Donald J. Trumpson, family-business executive, and co-founder of the Trump-branded WLF ventureDonald Trump Jr.2 sourcesWLF set a $5 million token-lock threshold for guaranteed team access2026-04-15Donald J. 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Trumpson-in-law, informal presidential adviser, and Affinity Partners founderJared Kushner1 sourceTrump's sons backed Powerus while the drone company sought Pentagon business2026-03-11Donald Trump Jr.reported Powerus investor through the AGH reverse-merger structurePowerus2 sourcesTrump's sons backed Powerus while the drone company sought Pentagon business2026-03-11Eric Trumpreported Powerus investor through the AGH reverse-merger structurePowerus2 sourcesTrump's sons backed Powerus while the drone company sought Pentagon business2026-03-11Powerusannounced reverse-merger counterpartAureus Greenway Holdings Inc.2 sourcesTrump's sons backed Powerus while the drone company sought Pentagon business2026-03-11Powerusreported bidder for Pentagon drone-manufacturing businessU.S. Department of Defense2 sourcesTrump's sons backed Powerus while the drone company sought Pentagon business2026-03-11Donald J. Trumpfather and son; son was a reported Powerus investor through AGHDonald Trump Jr.2 sourcesTrump's sons backed Powerus while the drone company sought Pentagon business2026-03-11Donald J. Trumpfather and son; son was a reported Powerus investor through AGHEric Trump2 sources1789 backed 25 companies in the year after Trump Jr. joined2026-03-11Donald J. Trumpson and partner at 1789 CapitalDonald Trump Jr.1 sourceLutnick disclosed assets in a range above $723 million2026-03-05Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed commerce secretary and former chief of Cantor FitzgeraldHoward Lutnick2 sourcesMinab school attack: Human Rights Watch calls for war-crime investigation2026-02-286 sourcesLutnick's son held 75.1% of BGC voting power after the divestiture2026-02-27Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.held 75.1% voting power through Lutnick family controlBGC Group, Inc.3 sourcesLutnick's son held 75.1% of BGC voting power after the divestiture2026-02-27Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed commerce secretary and former chief of Cantor FitzgeraldHoward Lutnick3 sourcesHouse staff traced about $81 million approved for DOGE through January 20262026-01-29Russell Voughtfunded and supervised DOGE within the executive officeU.S. DOGE Service1 sourceHouse staff traced about $81 million approved for DOGE through January 20262026-01-29Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed OMB director and acting CFPB directorRussell Vought1 sourceHouse staff traced about $81 million approved for DOGE through January 20262026-01-29Donald J. TrumpTrump White House chief of staffSusie Wiles1 source