The International Association of Democratic Lawyers strongly condemns the United States’ military attacks on Iran and its nuclear facilities. These strikes were taken in violation of Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter which requires that countries must peacefully resolve their disputes. The strikes were illegal acts of aggression which cannot be justified by the Article 51 right of self-defense as Iran never attacked the United States. Acts of aggression are one of the core crimes of the International Criminal Court’s Rome Statute, Article 5.
These attacks not only represent grave violations of international law and a blatant disregard for global institutions, they are further inflaming tensions in the already volatile region of West Asia. The United States, which remains openly complicit in the ongoing genocide being perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinian people, has no moral authority to speak on peace or non-proliferation. Its actions reveal the real objective — not global security, but the pursuit of regional hegemony and control over West Asia’s energy resources.
The refusal to engage in diplomacy, along with the deliberate sidelining of peaceful negotiations, underscores the orchestrated nature of this aggression. IADL reiterates the sovereign right of all nations, including Iran, to nuclear development for peaceful purposes under international safeguards. We express deep concern over the dangerous consequences of such unilateral military actions, which threaten broader regional conflict.
We understand that the UN Security Council will address this matter but know the US will veto any resolution condemning this aggression in seeking world approval for its aggression. It is necessary for the international community to not allow the US to engage in this unilateral military strike. It is time to break the US complicity in genocide in Palestine as well as its aggression – together with its strategic imperialist partner, Israel – in attacking Iran. The IADL demands the international community uphold the principles of peace and respect for national sovereignty.