US EditionThe US attack on an Iranian warship did not violate international law, experts say
Legal experts say the strike on IRIS Dena did not breach international law but highlight unresolved issues regarding rescue efforts for 32 survivors, officials said.
- This past week a U.S. Navy submarine torpedoed and sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena in international waters near Sri Lanka, killing at least eighty-seven people and prompting a legal review.
- Having just left joint naval exercises hosted by India, the IRIS Dena, Iranian warship, was still deemed a military target because it could fire on U.S. assets, scholars said.
- Sri Lanka's navy said it received a distress signal and launched a rescue mission but found only oil patches and life rafts, while a U.S. official confirmed providing the ship's location to Sri Lanka for search-and-rescue.
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The US attack on an Iranian warship did not violate international law, experts say
Legal experts say a U.S. submarine’s deadly attack on an Iranian warship does not appear to have violated international or American military law.
The US and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Iran's subsequent counterattacks, all fall outside international law, Prime Minister Jetten said today. At the same time, he expressed understanding that the US and Israel wanted to "intervene" in Iran's nuclear and missile programs. Jetten pointed out that the Iranian regime is "brutal and violent" and that international law has failed to protect the Iranian population for decades. He also pointed out tha…
Donald Trump has repeatedly stressed that, thanks to the US attacks, the Iranian people would be freed. This argument was also used to justify earlier military actions, but from the point of view of international law, it is too short.
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