The Communist Party of Ireland condemns the attack on Iran by the US and Israel. This unprovoked attack took place while the US and Iran were engaged in ongoing negotiations and just a few hours after the Omani negotiator in talks between the US and Iran stated that the Iranians had agreed to major concessions to resolve outstanding differences between both states.

This aggressive attack on Iran has the potential to spiral out of control to spread and engulf the whole region. US imperialism and its zionist allies see the government of Iran as the last remaining obstacle to the imposition of their regional strategy to subdue the Palestinian people, fragment Iran as they did with Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and secure the subservient Arab states, and to end any expressions of sovereignty and independent action by the peoples in the region.

All this while the US ignores the actual existing 200 plus nuclear weapons stockpiled by the zionist regime, weapons it holds over the Arab peoples and nations of the region like a Sword of Damocles.

It is clear that if they succeed in "regime change" it may well not be replaced by a progressive, anti-imperialist government but rather by a subservient regime. They wish to break up Iran into a number of smaller ethnic states so that it will no longer be an obstacle to US dominance and Zionist expansion. Defeating Iran will open up a new front for US aggression against the People’s Republic of China. 

Now is not the time for adopting “a plague on both your houses” attitude. Defeat for Iran strengthens US imperialism and leads us closer to World War III. It is time for all democratic and progressive forces, within Iran, the region and worldwide, to condemn this violation of Iranian sovereignty and rally to the defence of Iran.

The Irish government must roundly condemn these military actions by the US and Israel and demand an immediate ceasefire.

We express solidarity with the Iranian people and all those revolutionary forces who continue to resist imperialism and zionism.

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James Corcoran

General Secretary

Communist Party of Ireland

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