Calling this “war” does more than misstate the law. It normalises civilian deaths and allows moral and ethical responsibility to be abandoned under the excuse that “war has casualties.”

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Ameneh Dehshiri شراره

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As an Iranian, I felt vicarious shame. As a lawyer, I was shocked. In war, killing is not legally defined as murder; it may be justified within a narrowly defined legal framework. But war is not a metaphor. It is a legally defined situation. What is happening in Iran is not a war. It is unarmed citizens exercising their right to protest. Human rights law applies, and the killing of protesters is absolutely unlawful. Calling this “war” does more than misstate the law. It normalises civilian deaths and allows moral and ethical responsibility to be abandoned under the excuse that “war has casualties.”

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Jan 13

“Is it responsible to be sending citizens in Iran to their deaths? Do you bear some responsibility?” CBS News’ @NorahODonnell asks Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi as the protest death toll grows in the country. “This is a war, and war has casualties. In fact, in order to

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