Striking first: when is a preventive strike really legal - Iran, US and Israel
On the 27th February 2026, the United States and Israel launched a series of coordinated military strikes onto Iranian territory aimed at further destabilizing Iran's military infrastructure. The targets included air-defense batteries, missile facilities and multiple sites linked to nuclear activity such as installations near Natanz. In the following hours both Donald Trump and Netanyhu described these operations as indispensable and carefully conducted acts of “ preventive self-defense”...