New Delhi, April 7 With US President Donald Trump threatening that a whole civilization will die on Tuesday night, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that any language or action that contemplates the end of civilization is unacceptable in the modern world and asserted that the use of nuclear weapons can never be justified.
In a post on X, Gandhi said, "Wars are tragic, yet they remain a reality. Any language or action that contemplates the end of civilization is unacceptable in the modern world."
"The use of nuclear weapons can never be justified -- under any circumstances," the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha asserted.
His remarks came after Trump threatened that a whole civilization will die on Tuesday night if Iran fails to meet his latest deadline to strike a deal that includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, while the Islamic republic urged young people to form human chains around power plants and other potential targets.
Even before the deadline, airstrikes hit two bridges and a train station, and the United States targeted military infrastructure on the Kharg Island.
It was the second time American forces struck the island, a key hub for Iranian oil production.
Since the war began, Trump has repeatedly imposed deadlines linked to threats, only to extend those. But the US president has insisted that this is the final one and will expire at 8 pm in Washington, without a major diplomatic breakthrough.
"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again, if a deal is not reached," Trump said in an online post on Tuesday morning. But he also seemed to keep open the possibility of an off-ramp, saying that maybe something revolutionary-wonderful can happen.
Meanwhile, Tehran's United Nations representative, Amir-Saeid Iravani, said Iran will take immediate and proportionate action if the US president follows through on his threats to attack the country's whole civilization.
