The Tudeh Party of Iran strongly condemns the adventurism of the Islamic Republic government and the military attacks on the Kurdistan region of Iraq 

The Movement of the Kurdish People is an integral part of the anti-dictatorship movement of the peoples of Iran! 

Following the growth ofthe nationwide protest movement of the people of our country against the ruling dictatorship, the [regime's] military-security forces planned and executed targeted bombardments on the Kurdish areas [situated across the border] in Iraq's Kurdistan Region. Heavy artillery, drone, and missile attacks have targeted certain areas/parts of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, Iranian Kurds’ refugee camps, kindergartens, as well as the headquarters of the political forces of Iranian Kurdistan.  According to the reportsreceived so far, at least 13 people were killed and 58 injured [in the attacks].The territories of the Kurdistan region of Iraq had already been [recently] attacked by the Turkish army. 

The military attacks by Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps [IRGC] on these areas are clearly aimed at swaying the public opinion of the Iranian people and stoking tensions in the wider region so as to somehow carve a way out of the current crisis, and to curb and divertthe nationwide popular protests. The purpose of the IRGC and repressive security forces is to divert the course of events and prevent the further spread of the popular protests. 

The Supreme Religious Leader’s regime is extremely distressed and fearful at the deepening and spread of the protest movement. Therefore, it has resorted to any meanspossible - from psychological warfare, propaganda, fraud, and rumour mongering to military attacks on the soil of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq - so as to incite some forces within the popular [opposition] movement to respond in a way that is inconsistent with the current situation [thus playing into the regime's hands]. The leadership of the regime isintent on preventing the widening of the protests as well as the ensuing industrial actions and strikes by workers and students throughout the country.The regime's security forces are trying to reduce the pressure of protests by resorting to various manoeuvres and charades, including certain programs on the state radio and television, in an attempt to force some political forces to react untimely [playing to the regime's advantage]. These calculatedmanoeuvresby the Supreme Leader's regime, such as the military attacks on the territory of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which undoubtedly serve to benefit the interests of imperialism and the forces of reaction, are implemented in full cognisance that one of the most important features of this round of nationwide popular protests is its integration of the people's struggles in the oppressed areas [the struggles of Iran's national minorities], not least the toilers of Kurdistan province [Iran]. 

The heads of the regime and the commanders of the IRGC, who throughout the past years have tried to sowdiscord and disunity among the peoples of Iran by propagating and spreading ideas based on "racism", "ethno-sectarianism", and "religious bigotry" in different provinces of the country - in order to prevent the formation of a united nationwide movement against the tyrannical theocratic regime - are now witnessing the beginning of the amalgamation and coordination of the struggle for an end to the national oppression by the widespread anti-dictatorship movement as well as the unity and companionship of all Iranians who participate in the protest movement with national, libertarian, and revolutionary slogans, which demanding the end of the ruling dictatorship and the establishment of a government based on the will of the people in its place. 

In the meantime, and in the face of the regime's conspiracies and provocations, the vigilant policy of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) is noteworthy. The KDPI, which has recently overcomedivisions within its organisationto secure the unity of its ranks, has frustrated the mal designs of the security and military apparatus of the regime by adopting a stance which accords with the interests of the nationwide popular movement. According to the experiences recorded in our country's contemporary history, the principled policy of securing national rights and abolishing national oppression is most effective within the context and framework of nationwide struggles. 

The Tudeh Party of Iran strongly condemns the military attacks on the territory of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, as well as on the political forces representing Iranian Kurdistan, and will draw upon all ofits resources to expose the theocratic regime of the Supreme Leader. The dangerous, aggravating, and criminal actions of the Islamic Republic regime are against the national interests of Iran and against the nationwide protest movement of the people of our country. We must strengthen the national protest movement hand–in-hand and take united comprehensive action. 

• Victory to the Iranian people's struggle against the ruling dictatorship!
• Forward with the coordinating and widening of the protests and towards preparing for a general strike!
• End the military attacks and killing againstthe Kurdish people!

Tudeh Party of Iran

29 September 2022