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What Trump's tweet threatening Iran's cultural sites could mean for Shiite Muslims

  • Written by Kishwar Rizvi, Professor in the History of Art Islamic Art and Architecture, Yale University
Golden Iwan, Shrine of Fatima Masuma, built in the eighth century, is also a leading Shii seminary in Iran.Kishwar Rizvi, CC BY-SA

President Donald Trump warned the Islamic Republic of Iran in a tweet on Jan. 4 that the U.S. would target Iranian cultural sites, if provoked.

His threat followed the United States’ killing of Maj. Gen. Qassem...

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