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Donald Trump\u2019s increasingly incendiary commentary about Iran has prompted fears that he could go even further to get his demands.<\/p>\n
In a Truth Social post earlier today, he wrote: \u2018An entire civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again. But perhaps something revolutionarily wonderful can occur, WHO KNOWS?\u2019<\/p>\n
His recent commentary shows that Trump sees the whole thing of Iran \u2013 and its 90,000,000 residents \u2013 as \u2018expendable\u2019, Dr Katayoun Shahandeh, Lecturer and Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS, University of London, told Metro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Still, Dr Shahandeh doubts the President would go for nuclear weapons to \u2018wipe out a civilisation\u2019, as Trump warned earlier today. <\/p>\n \u2018He’s now threatening a civilisation that’s 1000’s of years old and not only the 47-year-old Islamic regime,\u2019 Dr Shahandeh said.<\/p>\n \u2018This civilisation has withstood the attacks from the 4th century BCE, with the Macedonian conquest of Persia and the burning of Persepolis, to the Arab conquest, the Mongol invasions, the Anglo-Soviet invasion of 1941\u00a0and the Iraqi invasion of 1980, and yet it has endured!\u2019<\/p>\n Start your day informed with Metro’s News Updates<\/strong> newsletter or get Breaking News <\/strong>alerts the moment it happens. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Strikes within the war thus far have hit schools, universities, hospitals, housing and civilian infrastructure, with UNHCR reporting that tens of millions have been displaced. All of this matters when assessing just how far Trump would go, Dr Shahandeh argues. <\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\tJoin for all of the most recent stories\t\t\t<\/h2>\n