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lawfaremedia. org > article > reconstructing-iran-s-nuclear-baseline

Reconstructing Iran's Nuclear Baseline

1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (82+ words) How Iran's Baseline Broke Down Any agreement must now contend with two distinct knowledge gaps that will require different solutions and legal authorities to reconstruct. Unmonitored Activity Since 2021 Declared Materials Since 2025 Strikes Resolving questions concerning both Iran's stockpile and its…...

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lawfaremedia. org > article > justice-delayed--justice-denied--the-hcj-s-icrc-visits-judgment

Justice Delayed, Justice Denied? The HCJ's ICRC Visits Judgment

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1627+ words) Lawfare On June 3, 2026, the Israeli Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice (HCJ), issued a long-awaited judgment in a petition brought by four Israeli nongovernmental organizations against the Israeli government, the commissioner of the prison service, the attorney…...

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lawfaremedia. org > article > ceasefire-without-end

Ceasefire Without End

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1234+ words) Lawfare On June 17, the New York Times obtained the memorandum of understanding negotiated by Iran and the United States to end their 110-day-long war. Around the same time, President Donald Trump signed the agreement, ahead of a previously scheduled ceremony…...

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lawfaremedia. org > article > killing-khamenei

Killing Khamenei

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (493+ words) Each of these strikes was a deliberate, named killing of a senior state official by a close U. S. ally, with U. S. intelligence support, against a signatory to the United Nations Charter. Washington treated the campaign as operationally novel and legally familiar. It…...

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lawfaremedia. org > article > what-congressional-resolutions-mean-for-the-war-in-iran

What Congressional Resolutions Mean for the War in Iran

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1692+ words) Lawfare Both chambers of Congress have now crossed an important Rubicon in opposing the war in Iran. On May 19, the Senate voted 50-47 to discharge a joint resolution directing President Trump to withdraw U. S. armed forces from hostilities in Iran from committee,…...

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lawfaremedia. org > article > the-u. s. -iran-war--fighting-from--neutral--territory

The U. S. -Iran War: Fighting From "Neutral" Territory

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (188+ words) These statements may or may not be sincere. But perhaps more urgently, the pertinent question is whether they are legally sustainable when foreign bases on a state's soil are being used to support a belligerent's attacks in a war. The…...

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lawfaremedia. org > article > will-the-war-change-iran-s-way-of-war

Will the War Change Iran's Way of War?

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (283+ words) Lawfare Iran's military was designed to survive precisely the type of U. S. intervention it faces today and to impose costs on the regional states perceived to be supporting the regime's foreign adversaries. With this objective, Iran does not need to "win…...

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lawfaremedia. org > article > pressure-without-pause--iraq-s-role-in-the-postwar-iran-settlement

Pressure Without Pause: Iraq's Role in the Postwar Iran Settlement

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (237+ words) Operation Epic Fury has ended; the Iraqi front of the Iran war has not. U. S. pressure on Tehran's militia infrastructure in Iraq must hold. This is the current Iraqi front of the Iran war, conducted in public. The war itself, in…...

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lawfaremedia. org > article > the-future-of-the-gulf-s-security-order

The Future of the Gulf's Security Order

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (193+ words) The Iran War is reshaping how the Gulf states approach defense. Revisiting the Strategic Rupture Iran's calculus was recognizable: Its goal was to use the Gulf as a secondary theater to raise the cost of the U. S. campaign. Although Iran may…...

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lawfaremedia. org > article > the-dangerous-failure-to-hold-hamas-accountable-for-using-human-shields

The Dangerous Failure to Hold Hamas Accountable for Using Human Shields

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1264+ words) These institutions" disregard of this Hamas war crime strategy has undermined both their overall institutional credibility and the accuracy of their legal and factual assessments of civilian harm during the Gaza conflict. It has also created powerful incentives for terrorist…...