UN experts condemned the military assaults on Iran and Lebanon by the US and Israel on Thursday as “flagrant violations of international law,” Anadolu reports. “The conflict risks engulfing the wider region in catastrophic armed violence and threatens to set yet another precedent of total impunity for some of the world’s strongest military powers,” the experts said in a statement. They stressed that the unprovoked attack by the US and Israel against Iran is “entirely illegal” under international law and constitutes an act of aggression. “US and Israel should stop waging and expanding wars, and considering themselves as above international legality,” the statement noted. The experts expressed alarm at the US demand for Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” warning that the move […]
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