Tikvah
Editors’ Pick

March 13, 2026

Yes, the U.S. War on Iran Is Legal

Whatever the cowardly and morally indifferent claim.

Journalists, activists, and politicians of various stripes have condemned the American war with Iran as a violation of international law—with great confidence, but rarely with legal citations. Geoffrey Corn and Orde Kittrie explain that the war’s legal basis is in fact quite firm:

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