PUBLISHED June 21, 2019
By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout
Iran Had the Legal Right to Shoot Down U.S. Spy Drone Trump ordered military strikes against Iran to retaliate for its shootdown of a U.S. drone, but then pulled back and didn't launch them. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is falsely conflating Iran with al-Qaeda to rationalize striking Iran. But Iran has the legal right to control its airspace. The United States has
no lawful claim of self-defense to justify a military attack on Iran.
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