Statement of the Tudeh Party of Iran:
The Tudeh Party of Iran strongly condemns Israel’s military aggression against Iranian sovereign territory
As reportedby the world’s news agencies, Israel’s belligerentmilitary launched an attack upon the sovereign territory of Iran on Saturday 26 October. According to the spokesperson for the Israeli army, the targets of this blatant aggression- which was carried out in contradiction of all international laws, as well as with the knowledgeand involvement of the United States in targeting areas inside Iran with the silent approval of its European allies- were missile production plants and other military bases near Tehran and the western regions of Iran.
After an initial silence by Iran’s military authoritieson the casualties and damage resulting from the attack, they announced that Major Hamzeh Jahandideh and Sergeant Mohammad Mehdi Shahrokhi-Far were killed in the Israeli airstrikes on the city ofMahshahr, in Khuzestan province. Hours later, it was also reported that the two individualsnamed as having been injured in these attacks, Sajjad Mansouri and Mehdi Naqavi, who were both nationalarmy personnel, had deceased.
The Central Committee of the Tudeh Party of Iran in its recent plenary meeting [earlier in October], condemned the Israeli army’s atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon as well as the killing of nearly fifty thousand Palestinian and Lebanese citizens over the past year, including more than 12,000 children, as well as the displacement of millions of people and the destruction of large swathes of residential areas in Gaza and Lebanon. These acts, recognised by the International Criminal Court in The Hagueas crimes against humanity, have resulted in [the requestingof]arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, and are part of the Zionist colonial and racist policies intended to legitimise the inhumane and brutal treatment of Palestinians and thus the first step towards genocide and the denial of humanity of a nation.
The Tudeh Party of Iran has repeatedly warned in recent months about the warmongering policies of Netanyahu’s government, an administration that can only survivethrough the continuation of the war and bloodshed. One of thestrategic goals of Netanyahu’s government is to expand the war and dragthe Islamic Republic of Iran into direct military conflicts with Israel and the US’belligerentforces in the Middle East, thereby facilitating the imperialist hegemony of the US in the region and Israel as its gendarme.
We also believe that the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, particularly in the Middle East, aimed at “safeguardingthe regime” and cantered around exporting the Islamic Revolution, does not align with progressive, anti-imperialist, and independence-seeking political orientations. These reckless and adventurous policies have brought about serious threats to our national sovereignty and territorial integrity and could serve to further the war-driven mal-intentof the imperialist powers.
The Tudeh Party of Iran reiterates that it is the responsibility of all progressive and peace-loving forces in the region to remain vigilant in guarding against and resisting the region from being dragged into a widespread and devastating war. Such a war would only serve to saveNetanyahu’s criminal regime and bolster imperialist interests, along with those of itsEuropean allies. All efforts must be made to counter these plots and underline the emphasis that only by moving towards ending the crimes and military aggression of Israel’s racist government can the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to have an independent state be realised.
The Tudeh Party of Iran
27October 2024