Killing Khamenei - Did the Law of Armed Conflict Apply? Sari, Aurel Author aut Text xx# 2026 Verfassungsblog 2026-03-09 eng
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 In a recent post on this blog, Sophie Duroy and Luca Trenta have offered an important and timely analysis of the normalisation of assassination as a tool of Statecraft, arguing that the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on 28 February 2026 represents “a new stage in the erosion of the international norm against assassination”. The concerns they voice are well-founded. The deliberate targeting and killing of a sitting head of State is a worrying precedent. In this post, I want to focus on one seemingly minor claim that runs through the Duroy and Trenta analysis: the assertion that Khamenei was killed “outside an armed conflict”. CC BY-SA 4.0 Sari, Aurel International Humanitarian Law Ius ad Bellum Ius in Bello Khamenei targeted killings US-Iran-War 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/killing-khamenei/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/80536ba5333de56f 260309 10.59704/80536ba5333de56f Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)