Israel’s US-backed brazen violations of Iranian sovereignty mark a dangerous escalation in Washington’s long war on independent states, exposing the impotence of international law and the necessity of armed resistance.
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On the early morning of 13 June, Israel launched an aerial assault on Iran, killing over 224 people to date. This is the gravest breach of Iranian sovereignty since the US-backed Iran–Iraq War of the 1980s, widely understood as a proxy effort to dismantle the nascent Islamic Republic.
In its opening salvo, Tel Aviv assassinated top Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, scientists, and academics, striking residential blocks and faculty housing. The war continues into its fifth day, with Israel and Washington openly seeking to collapse the Islamic Republic and crush the region’s anti-imperialist resistance.
News reports indicate that Israel has bombed two hospitals in Tehran, Iranian airports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran's state broadcaster during a live broadcast, and some critical infrastructure. Iran has quickly and decisively responded in self-defense, proving that its military capabilities have not been diminished, and posing a far greater threat to Israel's military, intelligence, and economic interests than Tel Aviv had forseen.
A war of aggression, by the book
Iran claims it has taken down four F-35 bombers, the US's most highly prized fighter jet. Although Tehran has not yet offered visual evidence of this, US military contractor Lockheed Martin saw its stock price take a tumble after the reports aired. Meanwhile, Iran's nuclear energy and ballistic missile facilities remain operational, and the nation's air defenses are back online after Friday's shock events.
Under international law, Israel’s actions constitute a flagrant act of aggression. Article 2(4) of the UN Charter categorically states:
In its opening salvo, Tel Aviv assassinated top Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, scientists, and academics, striking residential blocks and faculty housing. The war continues into its fifth day, with Israel and Washington openly seeking to collapse the Islamic Republic and crush the region’s anti-imperialist resistance.
News reports indicate that Israel has bombed two hospitals in Tehran, Iranian airports, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran's state broadcaster during a live broadcast, and some critical infrastructure. Iran has quickly and decisively responded in self-defense, proving that its military capabilities have not been diminished, and posing a far greater threat to Israel's military, intelligence, and economic interests than Tel Aviv had forseen.
A war of aggression, by the book
Iran claims it has taken down four F-35 bombers, the US's most highly prized fighter jet. Although Tehran has not yet offered visual evidence of this, US military contractor Lockheed Martin saw its stock price take a tumble after the reports aired. Meanwhile, Iran's nuclear energy and ballistic missile facilities remain operational, and the nation's air defenses are back online after Friday's shock events.
Under international law, Israel’s actions constitute a flagrant act of aggression. Article 2(4) of the UN Charter categorically states:
"All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state."
These attacks also meet the threshold of a “crime of aggression” as defined in Article 8bis of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which defines such a crime as:
"The planning, preparation, initiation or execution, by a person in a position effectively to exercise control over or to direct the political or military action of a State, of an act of aggression which, by its character, gravity and scale, constitutes a manifest violation of the Charter of the United Nations."
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