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  • 2026-03-10T204711Z_1253680674_RC2NZJA7GBIX_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS
    Opinion

    Why the Iran conflict fails the ‘Just War’ criteria

    2026-03-11T16:10:00Z

    The tradition of just war theory, developed from thinkers such as Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, sets out strict moral conditions for when war can be justified and how it must be conducted. Judged against it, the latest US escalation in Iran looks dangerously thin on justification, argues George Pitcher