{"id":67604,"date":"2026-02-28T08:55:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/trumps-unprovoked-attack-on-iran-has-no-mandate-or-legal-basis\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T08:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:55:53","slug":"trumps-unprovoked-attack-on-iran-has-no-mandate-or-legal-basis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/trumps-unprovoked-attack-on-iran-has-no-mandate-or-legal-basis\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s unprovoked attack on Iran has no mandate \u2013 or legal basis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US president violates UN charter just days into his Board of Peace era, and chooses to take the biggest gamble of his administration<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2026\/feb\/28\/israel-attacks-iran-as-blasts-heard-in-tehran-live-updates\">US-Israeli attack on Iran \u2013 live updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/28\/us-israel-launch-strikes-attack-iran-what-we-know-so-far-latest\">US and Israel strikes on Iran: what we know so far<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first war of Donald Trump\u2019s Board of Peace era has begun \u2013 an unprovoked attempt at regime change in collaboration with Israel, with no legal foundation, launched in the midst of diplomatic efforts to avert conflict, and with minimal consultation with Congress or the American public.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s recorded eight-minute address after the first bombs had fallen, made clear that this would be no limited strike aimed at cajoling Tehran into concessions at the negotiating table. He warned that if Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) did not surrender they would be killed, and the country\u2019s armed forces, its missile and navy would be smashed.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/28\/trump-unprovoked-attack-on-iran-has-no-mandate-and-no-clear-objective\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US president violates UN charter just days into his Board of Peace era, and chooses to take the biggest gamble of his administration US-Israeli attack on Iran \u2013 live updates US and Israel strikes on Iran: what we know so far The first war of Donald Trump\u2019s Board of Peace era has begun \u2013 an &#8230; <a title=\"Trump\u2019s unprovoked attack on Iran has no mandate \u2013 or legal basis\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/trumps-unprovoked-attack-on-iran-has-no-mandate-or-legal-basis\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trump\u2019s unprovoked attack on Iran has no mandate \u2013 or legal basis\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}