Iran’s response to Israel's unlawful attack ‘accurate & legal’

Tehran (Qodsna)- The Zionist regime launched an all-out aggression on Iranian soil on June 13, striking various military and nuclear sites and assassinating top-ranking military commanders and nuclear scientists, as well as ordinary civilians.

The Iranian Armed Forces, in response, pounded the regime and its military and industrial infrastructure, using new-generation missiles that pierced through Israel's multilayered anti-missile system and hit their designated targets.

The United States inserted itself into Zionist regime’s war against Iran, bombing three of the Islamic Republic’s key nuclear sites.

Zionist regime and United Sates blatantly violated UN Charter in attack against Islamic Republic of Iran.

The martyr of 935 Iranians has been confirmed in Zionist regime’s attacks on Iran. More than half of the victims were ordinary citizens and non-combatants.

Zionist regime unilaterally halted its aggression on Iran after US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire, which, according to his former advisor Steve Bannon, Tel Aviv had to accept to “save” itself as the aggression it launched exceeded its capabilities.

Many experts and international bodies have condemned recent Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran, calling them a violation of the United Nations Charter and a threat to regional and global stability.

On this side, Qodsna have interviewed by Rodney Shakespeare, a professor at the University of Cambridge and a qualified British lawyer. Prof. Rodney Shakespeare is a renowned political commentator and visiting professor of binary economics at Trisakti University in Jakarta, Indonesia. A co-founder of the Global Justice Movement, Shakespeare is a member of the Christian Council for Monetary Justice. Shakespeare has written several articles on the Middle East affairs, with a special focus on Iran, Bahrain and Syria.

The interview comes as follows:

Qodsna: Iran reserves right to defend itself legitimately. What is your take on Iran’s punitive response to Israel and U.S, especially in terms of international laws?

Rodney Shakespeare: The response to Israel's unlawful attack on Iran was accurate and legal.  The response to the USA's unlawful attack was lawful and very moderate.

Qodsna: Palestinians in the blockaded Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank as well as occupied al-Quds have welcomed the Iranian retaliatory operation against the Zionist regime. Resistance movements including Palestinian movements have hailed the Iranian response. How do you assess the impact of Iran's attacks on Israel on the resistance forces?

Rodney Shakespeare: The Israeli genocide of Palestinians continues. It is supported by the USA, UK and European governments.  Iran, Yemen and the resistance movements are fighting against genocide and will always do so. The moral depravity of USA, UK and Europe is a manifestation of evil.

Qodsna: Zionist regime continues the war on Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria and region. Why is the international community not doing anything to stop the crimes of the Zionist regime?

Rodney Shakespeare: The Zionist entity is a Western colonialist enterprise which seeks to dispossess the inhabitants of Palestine from their land and is using genocide to do so.