{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/69a9fd23c2eb2fc3abf64e80?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Are the Iran strikes legal? With international law expert Marko Milanovic","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1772747261445-b2c4abfb-28d0-42c5-9839-7ba0c4e3af5e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Keir Starmer has spent much of the week defending his decision not to join the US and Israel’s offensive in Iran, saying that “any UK actions must always have a lawful basis'.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, host Tamara Kormornick speaks to international legal expert Marko Milanovic, Professor of Public International Law at the University of Reading. They discuss the legality of the US-Israeli intervention in Iran, if Starmer made the right call on behalf of Britain, and whether flouting international law can ever be justified on moral grounds.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}