nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/6be02dd0f9c5c5d5 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250628s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/6be02dd0f9c5c5d5 doi eng 342 23 O'Connell, Mary Ellen Author aut U.S. Attacks on Iran - Defying the Law to Follow a Theory O'Connell, Mary Ellen Verfassungsblog 2025-06-28 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Israel and the United States attacked Iran in mid-June 2025 with the aim of ending its nuclear program. Iran counter-attacked. While some world leaders justified what Israel and the U.S. were doing, they did so in line with political deterrence theory, not the plain terms of the United Nations Charter. The lawful use of force in self-defense depends on an armed attack occurring. Concerns over nuclear weapons are to be resolved through treaties and negotiations. Honoring deterrence theory over the law is undermining the surest path to peace. CC BY-SA 4.0 Cold War International Law Iran Israel-Iran-Krieg NATO UN Charter USA USA armed conflict (DE-588)4027653-3 gnd Iran (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd USA Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/us-attacks-iran/ raw object