“It’s time for all the people of Iran – Persians, Kurds, Azeris, Balochis and Akhvakhs – to shed from themselves the burden of tyranny and bring forth a free and peace-seeking Iran,” Trump said. They are a small minority in Dagestan, and it is unclear how they were included in Trump’s list. The attack on Iran is a clear violation of the UN charter, in any absence of any credible, imminent Iranian threat to the US. 1:21 Smoke rises in Tehran after US and Israel launch joint attack on Iran – videoOn the Board of Peace, however, there is no requirement for Trump to justify himself. Wilbur Ross, commerce secretary in Trump’s first term, said the court defeat had made an attack on Iran more likely.

Source: The Guardian February 28, 2026 13:54 UTC