nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/18170d6be38a9626 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260302s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/18170d6be38a9626 doi eng 342 23 Duroy, Sophie Author aut (orcid)0000-0003-1429-2203 Is the International Norm Against Assassination Dead? Duroy, Sophie Verfassungsblog 2026-03-02 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel assassinated the supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei. The joint operation marked the first time either state has directly killed a sitting head of state. As with the US’s January 2026 operation against Nicolás Maduro, what stands out is not only the gravity of the act but the manner in which it was justified. While the international norm against assassination may not yet be fully dead, its recent trajectory offers little hope for its restoration. CC BY-SA 4.0 International Law targeted killings US-Iran-War Trenta, Luca Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/is-the-international-norm-against-assassination-dead/ raw object