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Are the US-Israeli strikes on Iran legal under international law?
Published 2 weeks, 1 day ago
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The British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has defended Britain's non-involvement in the strikes on Iran, by pointing to needing a sound legal basis for doing so. The question whether the joint U-S-Israeli strikes on Iran legal under international law has been side-stepped by Australian political leaders, while legal scholars debate it.US President Donald Trump has used the dismantling of Iran's military and nuclear capabilities as one justification, while Israel claims the attacks are a "pre-emptive" move against the regime.
- GUEST: Oona Hathaway is a Professor of International Law at Yale Law School and president-elect of the American Society of International Law
- PRODUCER: Brooke Young