International Communist parties denounce imperialist aggression against Iran
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Statements by Communist parties of Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Palestine, the Philippines and Pakistan.
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The Communist Party (Switzerland) condemns the latest criminal and terrorist aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran by the United States of America and the Zionist Entity. Carried out in the midst of negotiations, the attack on Iran demonstrates the true nature of the West, which no people can trust anymore. The assassination of leaders and key figures of the Islamic Republic, including the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is a criminal operation beyond all proportion, once again in conflict with the alleged international law so often praised by Western countries, and a blatant violation of Iranian sovereignty.
This terrorist action must be firmly condemned, and the imperialist nature of the USA—seeking to drag the world into a third world war rather than lose its power beyond its own borders—must be opposed in every way. These abuses cannot continue to be endured: the attack on Iran is in reality also an attack on Palestine, on Eurasian integration projects, and on the New Silk Road.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has the right to determine its own future without external interference, and Swiss communists stand alongside the Iranian people who have immediately taken to the streets en masse to denounce the terrorist acts of U.S.-led Zionist imperialism and to demonstrate their determination to fight for Iranian national independence and the stability of its institutions.
The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) strongly and unequivocally condemns the heinous crime committed by United States and Israel by killing the Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the latest acts of military aggression carried out illegally by the United States of America and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran. These attacks represent a grave violation of international law, an assault on the sovereignty of a United Nations member state, and a reckless escalation that threatens to plunge the entire Middle East into a wider and uncontrollable conflict, which may escalate into a World War.
The CPSL notes with deep concern that the United States of America, acting in concert with Israel, continues to pursue a policy of militarised domination in West Asia. These actions are not isolated incidents, but part of a long-standing pattern of destabilisation, regime-change operations, and unilateral use of force designed to secure geopolitical and economic interests at the expense of the peoples of the region. The latest strikes against Iran are yet another manifestation of this imperialist agenda.
We further condemn Israel’s role in provoking and intensifying regional tensions through its ongoing occupation, its repeated violations of international humanitarian law, and its continued military operations beyond its borders. The coordinated U.S.–Israeli attack on Iran is inseparable from the broader strategy of suppressing resistance to their hegemony and silencing states that refuse to submit to Western diktat.
The CPSL stands firmly with the Iranian people and all peoples of the Middle East who have endured decades of war, sanctions, blockades, and foreign interference. We reiterate that peace in the region cannot be achieved through bombs, assassinations, or coercion, but only through respect for sovereignty, adherence to international law, and the right of nations to determine their own political and economic paths free from external pressure.
We call upon the international community, especially the Non-Aligned Movement and progressive forces worldwide, to oppose this dangerous escalation and to demand an immediate end to U.S.–Israeli military operations. Sri Lanka, with its long tradition of non-alignment, must not remain silent in the face of such blatant aggression.
The CPSL reaffirms its solidarity with Iran and all nations resisting imperialist intervention. We call upon the Government of Sri Lanka to condemn this aggression and to urge the global community to work towards de-escalation, dialogue, and a just and lasting peace in the Middle East.
Dr. G Weerasinghe
General Secretary
Political Note from the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB)
The Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) vehemently condemns the new military aggression promoted by the United States and Israel against the people of Iran. Once again, we witness the repetition of the old imperialist script: armed attacks justified by lies, media manipulation, and false narratives of "defense" or "security," which conceal the true strategic and economic interests of U.S. imperialism.
Recent history demonstrates that U.S. imperialism, in association with the Zionist state of Israel, systematically uses fabricated pretexts to intervene militarily in the Middle East. The central objective of these offensives is none other than to attempt to reverse the decline of imperialist hegemony in the region, ensure geopolitical control, and guarantee the appropriation of strategic riches, especially oil and other fundamental energy sources for the reproduction of international monopoly capital.
The current aggression takes on even more barbaric contours given the reports that the bombings hit civilian areas, including a school attended by children, resulting in the deaths of dozens of them. This is a crime that directly violates international law, humanitarian conventions, and the most elementary principles of coexistence among peoples. This type of action not only highlights the brutal character of the imperialist offensive but also represents a serious danger of military escalation throughout the region, increasing the risks of a war of even more devastating proportions.
The PCB denounces the role played by the State of Israel as the main instrument of imperialism in the Middle East. The Zionist government acts as the spearhead of the strategic interests of the United States in the region, actively participating in aggressions against different peoples and sovereign states. This stance reinforces the expansionist, militaristic, and oppressive policy that has been inflicted upon the Palestinian people and other peoples of the region for decades.
The attack on Iran constitutes yet another violation of national sovereignty and the principle of self-determination of peoples. No country has the right to impose, through military force, its political, economic, or strategic interests on another. The normalization of these aggressions strengthens Zionism and creates political and military conditions to deepen the ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, increasing the suffering and destruction already imposed on that population.
Given this situation, the Brazilian Communist Party reaffirms its historical position of fighting against imperialism, Zionism, and all forms of colonial and neocolonial domination. We express our solidarity with the Iranian people and all the peoples of the Middle East who resist external aggressions and imperialist interference.
The PCB appeals to workers, youth, social and popular organizations, trade union, student, and community movements, as well as political forces committed to national sovereignty and peace among peoples, to not only publicly condemn this new aggression but to organize large demonstrations in all regions of the planet against the imperialist offensive on Iran.
It is time to strengthen the anti-imperialist struggle and internationalist solidarity. Only the conscious and organized mobilization of peoples can contain the march of war, defend the self-determination of peoples, and pave the way for an international order based on cooperation, social justice, and popular sovereignty.
For peace among peoples!
Against imperialism and Zionism!
Solidarity with the people of Iran and the Palestinian people!
National Political Commission of the PCB
On the Joint Zionist-American Aggression Against the Republic in Iran
To our struggling masses.. To the forces of liberation and progress in the world..
At a critical historical moment, the Palestinian Communist Party raises its voice to denounce the brutal and criminal aggression launched by the forces of tyranny; the United States of America and its Zionist protégé, against the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This joint attack is nothing but a new bloody chapter of imperialist arrogance aimed at liquidating all pockets of resistance and defiance in our region.
Based on our Marxist-Leninist vision of the struggle, we in the Palestinian Communist Party affirm that this aggression is a "composite crime" led by Washington and executed by its Zionist claws, aiming to achieve the following colonial objectives:
Undermining Models of Independence from the Colonial Center: This aggression is a Zionist-American attempt to impose "military discipline" on every state that refuses to integrate into the economic and political system led by Washington. Through this strike, imperialism seeks to send a message of intimidation to rising powers in the East and the world, asserting its desire to keep the region hostage to blind dependency on major capitalist monopolies and to prevent any international alliances that fall outside the control of the "White House."
Plundering Resources and Energy Blockade: The targeting of Iran is a direct assault on global energy security and an overt American attempt to control the flow of oil and gas in the Gulf and the Caspian Sea, in order to blackmail economic rivals and starve peoples who do not orbit the American sphere.
Protecting the "Advanced Base" (The Zionist Entity): This joint aggression aims to remove any existential threat to the expansionist Zionist project, ensuring the entity continues its role as a "policeman" protecting the interests of transnational corporations in the Middle East.
Escaping Structural Crises: This military escalation reflects the depth of the crisis facing the global capitalist system. The ruling elites in Washington and Tel Aviv seek to export their internal crises by igniting regional wars and distracting their peoples from economic and social deterioration.
O Freemen of the World.. The Palestinian Communist Party declares its full comradely solidarity with the Iranian people and their national forces in the face of this Zionist-American insolence. We believe absolutely that the will of the people is the rock upon which the mightiest military arsenals are shattered, and that the policy of "appeasing colonialism" will bring nothing but humiliation, while steadfastness and confrontation are the only ways to wrest freedom.
The aggression on Iran is an extension of the war of genocide against our people in Palestine and the aggression on Lebanon. This necessitates a global militant unity of all Communist and Workers' parties and progressive organizations to besiege this criminal alliance and halt the collective machine of death.
Long live the unity of the peoples' struggle against imperialism and Zionism! Glory to the martyrs.. and defeat to the invaders and colonizers!
The Palestinian Communist Party
The Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (PKP-1930, Philippine Communist Party) strongly condemned the Zionist and imperialist attack on Iran. It is a spark that will burn the world to war and total economic catastrophe! The preempted attack was done when there was ongoing talks and peaceful negotiation. It manifests the imperialist and Zionist tactic of suppression and war against states and countries who oppose imperialist hegemony and colonialism. The attack which is characterized by stealth and brutality against the Iranian people with the pretext of promoting the regime change which they pre-emptily plan as part of the revival “Petro-dollar” base economy of the United States of America (USA). It was revived through the invasion of Venezuela and now pursued in Iran.
We joined the courageous stand of the Iranian people in their struggle against the genocidal, destructive and relentless imperialist and Zionist attack.
The world is now alarmed and afraid with the expansion of war, for it will burn and block the energy resources of the world that will cause inflation and economic dislocation for countries who are dependent on Middle East oil and energy supply.
While we are against the mullah dictatorship and corruption in Iran, we are not in favor of invading Iran with imperialist and Zionist forces for it will create another “Gaza”, Iraq and Libya which is horrendous and totally inhumane.
The invasion will also serve as a warning to the puppet and proxy warriors of the USA like our government. Basing imperialist forces in our land is not defense! It is an invitation to chaos, war and destruction. From collateral and total destruction!
We joined the world in condemning the imperialist and Zionist war.
No to War and Destruction!
Yes to Peace and Neutrality!
The world’s criminal, Zionist, terrorist, and anti-human figure Benjamin Netanyahu, along with the henchman of U.S. imperialism and leader of terrorists Donald Trump, has attacked the Iranian people, trampling all international laws and imposing war upon them.
The Communist Party of Pakistan strongly condemns this inhumane war and expresses solidarity with the Iranian working class, the general public of Iran, and its fraternal party, the Tudeh Party of Iran. We oppose war and call for the resolution of global conflicts through negotiations and for the establishment of peace in the world.
These statements were made in a press release issued by the Central Secretariat following an online meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Pakistan. The party also announced nationwide protests against the Israeli and American attacks on Iran.
The statement further said that the Central Committee believes that, with the backing of U.S. imperialism, Israel has pushed the entire Middle East into war and brought the world to the brink of a wider conflict. Israel is described as a global terrorist state, and Netanyahu is termed a criminal responsible for the genocide of the Palestinian people. It asserts that he is pursuing Israeli expansionism and the agenda of “Greater Israel.”
The Central Committee also believes that, in order to evade punishment in corruption and abuse-of-power cases within his own country, Netanyahu is inciting fanatic sentiments among the Israeli public to secure re-election, form a government again, and obtain immunity.
Meanwhile, the United States, due to its imperialist and coercive war strategies, is said to be facing one of the worst economic crises in its history. The dollar is described as declining, and the country as being trapped in inflation. For the first time, millions of low-income and unemployed Americans are reportedly being forced to leave the country.
The statement calls upon the Pakistani government to announce a nationwide protest in solidarity with the Iranian people.
The Communist Party of Pakistan further states that today the world—especially the Muslim world—has realized how opportunistic and imperialist-backed rulers among Muslim countries were used by imperialist capitalism to defeat the opposing socialist system and to promote so-called political Islam through a “jihad business.” Socialism was deliberately portrayed as an anti-religious ideology.
The socialist bloc had significantly restrained imperialist aggression in the world and maintained a balance of power that was not in favor of imperialism. It had also protected Palestinians from genocide. Today, the world is divided into multiple imperialist centers, each pursuing its own interests. These centers are competing to seize raw materials—particularly minerals, especially rare earth minerals and metals. Some are waging wars, while others are using financial instruments to repartition the world.
U.S. imperialist aggression against Venezuela, the attack on Iran, and wars in Africa are described as consequences of these imperialist strategies.
Therefore, the statement concludes that the world still needs a socialist system. Only socialism, it argues, can stop imperialist aggression and establish lasting peace in the world.
Central Secretariat
Communist Party of Pakistan
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