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 reflect regimes with no restraint and imperialist agenda with no limits.

As the South African Communist Party (SACP), we condemn this murderous act and regard it as the clearest indication of the immorality of the Israeli and US governments. Other than the fact that the ongoing war on Iran by imperialist Israel and the US is both unprovoked and unjustified, it is our view as the SACP that the targeting of high-ranking government officials, as has been done against Iran, violates all rules of international norms on warfare.

We call on all anti-imperialist forces inside of South Africa and across the world to work together to resist imperialist aggression against Iran and Palestine. We reiterate our solidarity pledge with the peoples of Iran and Palestine.

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ISSUED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMMUNIST PARTY,
FOUNDED IN 1921 AS THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF SOUTH AFRICA.