INTERVIEW: How legal is the US/Israeli action in Iran?

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Dr Tamer Morris, senior lecturer at the University of Sydney Source: SBS News

As US President Donald Trump warns of a big wave of further attacks on Iran, the UN Security Council is under pressure to act over the US and Israel's strikes. Iran's U-N ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani says the strikes on the weekend were unlawful - a position shared by many international law experts globally. So what are the facts? Dr Tamer Morris is a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney, and he's speaking with SBS reporter Rayane Tamer, who asked him what international law says about the Israeli/US strikes on Iran.


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