New York, April 7 -- UN Chief Antonio Guterres stated that "no military objective justifies the wholesale destruction of a society's infrastructure" as US President Donald Trump's Tuesday 8 p.m. deadline looms.

"There is no military objective that justifies the wholesale destruction of a society's infrastructure or the deliberate infliction of suffering on civilian populations," Antonio Guterres said in a post on X.

This comes after US President Donald Trump issued a series of provocative statements on his Truth Social platform, suggesting a monumental shift in the geopolitical landscape.

In those posts, he warned of potential unprecedented destruction while simultaneously hinting at a transition of power within Iran.

"A whole civilis...