Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "이란-이스라엘 전쟁" in Korean language version.
Jordan shot down Iranian missiles and drones crossing overhead and Saudi Arabia likely allowed Israel to use its airspace to do so...As with any other sovereign state, missiles or other unauthorized objects crossing a country's airspace are often deemed violations of either domestic or international law.
The Foreign Ministry of Qatar issued a statement saying Qatari air defenses "thwarted the attack and successfully intercepted the Iranian missiles," with no injuries or deaths reported.
The Foreign Ministry of Qatar issued a statement saying Qatari air defenses "thwarted the attack and successfully intercepted the Iranian missiles," with no injuries or deaths reported.
They have also been condemned by legal scholars who argue that the strikes are illegal under international law.
Jordan shot down Iranian missiles and drones crossing overhead and Saudi Arabia likely allowed Israel to use its airspace to do so...As with any other sovereign state, missiles or other unauthorized objects crossing a country's airspace are often deemed violations of either domestic or international law.
"My impression is that the majority of legal analysts see [Israel's attack] as a case of 'prohibited self-defense'," Matthias Goldmann, a law professor and international law expert at EBS University Wiesbaden, told DW. ... There's another reason why most legal experts believe Israel's attack was illegal, says Marko Milanovic, a professor of international law at the UK's University of Reading.
Iran fervently denies that it has ever pursued nuclear weapons. That is not true. In the 1980s the Islamic Republic began importing nuclear equipment and material from Pakistan and China. And in the 1990s it approved and allocated funds for a plan to manufacture five nuclear weapons and carry out an underground nuclear test, according to documents acquired by Israel and analysed by experts at Harvard University's Belfer Centre. That decision was approved by a committee that included Ali Shamkhani, who was then the defence minister. ... This formal nuclear weapons programme, Project AMAD, was suspended by the Iranian government in 2003, according to an American "national intelligence estimate" published in 2007.
Iran fervently denies that it has ever pursued nuclear weapons. That is not true. In the 1980s the Islamic Republic began importing nuclear equipment and material from Pakistan and China. And in the 1990s it approved and allocated funds for a plan to manufacture five nuclear weapons and carry out an underground nuclear test, according to documents acquired by Israel and analysed by experts at Harvard University's Belfer Centre. That decision was approved by a committee that included Ali Shamkhani, who was then the defence minister. ... This formal nuclear weapons programme, Project AMAD, was suspended by the Iranian government in 2003, according to an American "national intelligence estimate" published in 2007.
