International maritime law expert explains legality of U.S. blockade of Iranian ports

from Weekend Edition Saturday · host Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to James Kraska - a professor of international maritime law at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island - about the legality of the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports.

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