Norway: International law is worth defending, even when allies break it International law should be defended even when the country's closest allies are the ones breaking it, said Norway's deputy foreign minister as Oslo reiterated its condemnation of the  US-Israeli war on Iran  as illegal. In an interview with  Middle East Eye's Expert Witness podcast  in Oslo, four months into the devastating war, Andreas Kravik said the war on  Iran , launched on 28 February, had no basis in law. "In our interpretation of the law, it is not a legal operation," Kravik said.