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Neither preemptive nor legal, US‑Israeli strikes on Iran have blown up international law
The Conversation, Vol.1 March 2026
2026
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Abstract
The joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran represent a further erosion of the international legal order. Under international law, these attacks are neither preemptive nor lawful.
Israel and the United States launched Operation Shield of Judah and Operation Epic Fury while diplomatic negotiations between Washington and Tehran were actively underway on Iran’s nuclear program.
Just two days earlier, the most intense round of US-Iran talks concluded in Geneva, with both sides agreeing to continue. US President Donald Trump indicated he would give negotiators more time. Then came the bombs.
Details
- Title
- Neither preemptive nor legal, US‑Israeli strikes on Iran have blown up international law
- Authors
- Shannon Brincat - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyJuan Zahir Naranjo Cáceres - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
- Publication details
- The Conversation, Vol.1 March 2026
- Publisher
- Conversation Media Group
- Date published
- 2026
- DOI
- 10.64628/AA.gajf3sru7
- ISSN
- 2201-5639
- Copyright note
- © The Conversation Media Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991209780802621
- Output Type
- Magazine article
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