Iran

Israel’s just war: the legal case for striking Iran

Critics are wrong. Whether viewed as part of an ongoing armed conflict or a necessary act of self-defence, international law is on the side of the Jewish state

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June 20, 2025 13:07

Israeli fighter jets strike Iranian military installations (Image: IDF)

I escaped Iranian missiles and all the British government could do was give me a digestive biscuit

Getting out of Israel is a tricky task these days, but thanks to help from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs I managed to evacuate

By Jane Prinsley

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June 20, 2025 11:48

The Royal Jordanian Airline flight path dodged Israel and the Iranian missiles (Photo: J Prinsley)

Mossad’s total penetration of Iran even surpasses its demolition of Hezbollah

Its achievements – from taking out ten key nuclear scientists to building drones inside Iran – were the result of many years of work

By Tel Aviv

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June 20, 2025 10:57

An excavator removes debris from a residential building destroyed in an attack by Israel in Tehran, on June 13 (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

More than half of Iran’s missile launchers have been destroyed: JC Israel Briefing Day 623

Israeli security sources claim the covert Operation Narnia killed Iran’s ten most senior nuclear scientists while they slept last week.

By In Israel

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June 20, 2025 08:40

Iran struck an Israeli hospital in Be'er Sheva overnight (Image: Flash90)

By Jake Wallis Simons

Lord Hermer’s reported advice against UK strikes on Iran is a disgrace

The attorney general is living proof of how a dogmatic approach to ‘international law’ can be used to advance an ideological agenda

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June 19, 2025 16:17

Attorney General Lord Hermer has reportedly advised the prime minister that greater UK involvement in the Israel-Iran War 'may be illegal' (Image: Getty)

Lord Hermer ‘warned PM’ that UK involvement in Iran War ‘may be illegal’

Either way, the British government may face an awkward choice if the US decides to launch its own strikes on the Islamic Republic

By Jacob Jaffa

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June 19, 2025 15:10

Foreign Office ‘dullards’ slammed for treatment of Brits stranded in Israel

The department is accused of failing to learn from the mistakes of Covid-era repatriation efforts

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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June 19, 2025 12:39

A nurse carries medical supplies past a building with smoke billowing out at Soroka Hospital following an Iranian missile attack in Beersheba (Image: Getty)

Khamenei assassination is now ‘an objective’ of Israel’s war

Defence Minister Israel Katz said that the IDF is aiming to ‘prevent the existence’ of Iran’s supreme leader

By Jacob Jaffa

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June 19, 2025 11:25

The death of Iranian leader Ali Khamenei is now an 'objective' of Israel's war effort, according to Defence Minister Israel Katz

Trump ‘approved plan’ to strike Iran unless eleventh-hour ceasefire agreed

The president is reportedly ‘holding off’ in case Tehran agrees to give up its nuclear programme altogether

By Jacob Jaffa

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June 19, 2025 09:42

President Trump has reportedly 'approved' a plan for direct US strikes against Iran (Image: Getty)

Israeli jets strike entrance to Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison and the ‘Destruction of Israel’ clock

How the Mossad infiltrated Iran: Using the enemies already inside the gates

No reported casualties after Iran fires 15 missiles across Israel

Khamenei names successors as Israeli strikes in Iran intensify

From Trafalgar to Tehran: How October 7 unmasked the enemies within

16 injured as Iran fires missile barrages at Israel hours after US strikes

What is Fordow? The nuclear site buried deep in an Iranian mountain, hit by president Trump’s bunker buster

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Israeli jets strike entrance to Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison and the ‘Destruction of Israel’ clock

How the Mossad infiltrated Iran: Using the enemies already inside the gates

No reported casualties after Iran fires 15 missiles across Israel

Khamenei names successors as Israeli strikes in Iran intensify

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16 injured as Iran fires missile barrages at Israel hours after US strikes

What is Fordow? The nuclear site buried deep in an Iranian mountain, hit by president Trump’s bunker buster

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More than half of Iran’s missile launchers have been destroyed: JC Israel Briefing Day 623

Lord Hermer’s reported advice against UK strikes on Iran is a disgrace

Lord Hermer ‘warned PM’ that UK involvement in Iran War ‘may be illegal’

Foreign Office ‘dullards’ slammed for treatment of Brits stranded in Israel

Khamenei assassination is now ‘an objective’ of Israel’s war

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