Image via X Statements from the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) Our fears have been confirmed about the British bases’ involvement in wars in the region 2 March 2026, AKEL C.C. Press Office, Nicosia The recent attack on the British bases on our island confirms the dangers that their presence poses to Cyprus and our people. We call on the government to convey to the British government that Cyprus and its people oppose any kind of military involvement of the bases in

Scene of the bombing of Ali Khamenei's Tehran house from Israeli strikes on February 28, 2026 -- image via video screenshot on X South African Communist Party Statement on the murder of head of state Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Monday, 2 March 2026 :- It is with great sadness that we have learned of the assassination of the Head of State of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The murderous acts of the regimes of apartheid Israel and the US towards Iran reflec

Statements from Communist and Workers' parties in Luxembourg, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Croatia and Sweden. An F/A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck of US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during the attack on Iran -- public domain image Statement of the Communist Party of Luxembourg No to war! Luxembourg's communists call for an immediate end to the attacks by the US and Israel against Iran, which violate international law In violation of all provisions of international

All images via the KKE The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that on March 1, 2026, following a call from trade unions and mass organizations, thousands of workers and young people gathered outside the US Embassy in Athens to condemn the US – Israeli intervention in Iran. The thousands of protesters strongly denounced the latest imperialist attack and expressed their solidarity with the Iranian people. The protest echoed with slogans such as: “No submission to imperial

The US-Israeli strikes against Iran are part of a decades-long war against the Islamic Republic which has refused to bow to US demands that it surrender its sovereignty. Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance fires a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile at Iran, February 28 -- public domain image By Vijay Prashad Having just formed the Board of Peace, the United States and Israel have begun the board’s first war, this time on Iran. The US-Israel attack launched ear

Smoke rises above Tehran after an air strike -- image via X We Condemn the Trump Administration’s Lawless Attack on Iran and Demand Its Immediate Halt February 28, 2026 Kazuo Shii Chairperson of the Central Committee of the Japanese Communist Party On the 28th, the Trump administration and Israel launched a large-scale attack against Iran. This is an unlawful preemptive strike that brutally tramples the UN Charter and international law, and we condemn it in the strongest term

Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, translated from the Spanish Cuba calls for an end to the new aggression by the United States and Israel against Iran and to avoid an escalation in the Middle East. Cuba condemns in the strongest terms the attacks perpetrated 28 February by the United States and Israel, which breach the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter

Smoke from an airstrike on Tehran -- image via X video screenshot KKE: The new criminal US–Israeli attack on Iran brings us closer to a generalized war in the Middle East and the wider region In a statement on the US–Israeli attack on Iran, the Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) emphasizes the following: “The new military attack by the state of Israel and the USA on Iran is a reprehensible and criminal act that brings us closer to a g

Smoke rising over Tehran after an attack -- image via X WORKERS PARTY OF IRELAND CONDEMNS THE IMPERIALIST ATTACK ON IRAN 28th February 2026 The Workers Party of Ireland condemns the latest military attack by the racist state of Israel and the USA on Iran as a reprehensible and criminal act. The military aggression of U.S. imperialism and the Israeli government, which is currently under legal process by the International Court of Justice in The Hague for crimes against humanit

Aftermath of a horrific attack on an Iranian girls school that killed at least 50 children -- news video screenshot CPI(M) Press Release Condemn the Attacks on Iran The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the attacks on Iran launched by the US and Israel. These attacks are carried out in flagrant violation of Iran's national sovereignty, the UN Charter and all international treaties. The US and Israel carried out these attacks ignoring th

“The US once again used the veneer of negotiations as a cover to bomb Iran.” Social media screenshot of smoke rising over Tehran By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams President Donald Trump announced in the early hours of Saturday morning that the US has launched a massive military operation aimed at toppling the Iranian government as blasts were reported in Tehran , including near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israel, under the leadership of Prime Minister

The notorious Megiddo Prison -- image via Middle East Monitor / Twitter By Vijay Prashad and Ubai al-Aboudi In January 2026, the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem published a grim update to its earlier work, titled Living Hell: The Israeli Prison System as a Network of Torture Camps . This report documents the horrific conditions faced by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and detention facilities, revealing structural brutality that must be understood not as is

Modi & Netanyahu on February 25 in Israel -- image via X The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) strongly opposes Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Israel. The visit comes at a juncture when Israel has been waging a genocidal war in Gaza. Despite a ceasefire, there are daily violations by Israel which conducts strikes killing scores of Palestinians. In the occupied West Bank, there are stepped up attacks on Palestinians and a spurt in illegal settlements. The Mo

Statement by the Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE ) On the threats by the US and the state of Israel against Iran The KKE condemns the threats and war preparations of US imperialism and the state of Israel for a new attack against Iran, as demonstrated by the build-up of massive firepower in the Persian Gulf. The region is at the centre of the storm of imperialist competition and could at any moment be engulfed in the flames of imper

“What this investigation reveals is that there was a shoot first policy, and that is unlawful under international law,” said one legal expert. Image from just prior to the beginning of the massacre via video screenshot By Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams An investigation published Monday meticulously dissects last year’s killing by Israeli soldiers of 15 Palestinian aid workers in southern Gaza and the Israel Defense Force’s subsequent efforts to cover up the massacre, which th

The peer-reviewed findings, according to the study’s authors, “contradict claims” that Gaza health officials have “inflated the death toll from the war in the Gaza Strip.” Israeli occupation forces operating in Gaza in 2024 -- image via Wikimedia Commons / IDF Spokesperson's Unit By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams A peer-reviewed study published Wednesday in The Lancet Global Health estimates that more than 75,000 people in Gaza were killed during the first 16 months of Israel’

Illegal Israeli West Bank settlement -- Image via news video screenshot The South African Communist Party (SACP) condemns the apartheid Israeli settler regime’s expansionist plans to occupy more Palestinian land in the West Bank, designating it as “state land" yet another manoeuvre to deepen its apartheid policy on the Palestinian people. The annexation is yet another violation of international law, aimed at entrenching the illegal occupation of Palestinian land. The latest

Various Sources Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania declined a major award at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) for her film The Voice of Hind Rajab. She left the award at the ceremony to protest against the festival’s complicity in providing “political cover” for Israel’s genocidal military actions in Gaza. The award was presented during the Cinema for Peace and Democracy Gala, an event that exists to honor contributions in film for humanitarian causes and

Image via the KKE On Friday, February 6, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) reports that mass, militant rallies took place in Piraeus and Elefsina, Greece as part of a strike opposing policies prioritizing capitalist profits and imperialist wars over people's lives and rights. The strike coincided with the International Day of Action by dockworkers, held under the slogan “Dockworkers do not work for war." Strikes, demonstrations, and other actions were carried out by dockwo

Board of Peace signing ceremony -- public domain image By Milkaela Nhondo Erskog Khaled Abu Jarrar, a 58-year-old Palestinian from Beit Hanoon, now shelters in Gaza City’s former Legislative Council building—one of thousands of structures repurposed as displacement camps after Israel’s genocidal assault reduced entire neighborhoods to rubble. His wife was recently diagnosed with liver cancer. She needs urgent treatment abroad, but the Rafah crossing remains sealed. As intern