[Marxistindia] Joint Statement by Left parties - Condemn the US bombing of Iran

[news from the cpi(m)]

22 June 2025

 

 

Press Statement

 

 

Joint Statement Issued by Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist
Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist Liberation),
Revolutionary Socialist Party and Forward Bloc 

 

 

Condemn US Bombing of Iran

 

The undersigned five Left parties strongly condemn the United States'
bombing of Iran. This is a grave violation of Iranian sovereignty and the UN
Charter, and it will inflame global tensions, destabilise West Asia and have
severe economic repercussions.

The US and Israel are justifying their attacks by claiming that Iran was on
the verge of developing a nuclear weapon. However, it is important to note
that the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
Rafael Grossi, stated on 19 June: "We did not have any proof of a systematic
effort to move into a nuclear weapon". Even US intelligence agencies
acknowledged that they did not possess conclusive evidence indicating that
Iran was developing a nuclear weapon. Furthermore, Iran remains a signatory
to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Despite these facts, Israel launched an attack on Iran on 12 June to
sabotage any potential negotiations between Iran and the US. Now, the US has
joined Israel in this act of aggression, even though President Trump had
given a two-week window for talks. This clearly demonstrates that the
US-Israel axis has little regard for their own intelligence assessments or
any diplomatic process, and is intent on imposing war on Iran and the entire
West Asian region. This makes it evident that the real intention is to
destroy Iran, establish imperialist hegemony over West Asia, and control the
global flow of resources. This attack is aimed at serving the interests of
the military-industrial complex and enabling international capital to
navigate its way out of the prolonged crisis.

The US deployed B-2 stealth bombers to drop bunker-busting bombs on Iran,
reenacting the invasion of Iraq, which was also launched on similarly
unverified claims that were later proven false. It is ironic that US, the
only country to have ever used a nuclear weapon - despite Japan being ready
to negotiate at the end of the Second World War - is now speaking about the
threat of nuclear weapons!

The US attack will, in all likelihood, drastically escalate the conflict,
with disastrous implications for global peace and the livelihoods of
ordinary people - especially in countries like India, which rely heavily on
West Asia for oil imports and opportunities for migrant labour. The already
burdened working masses will be the worst affected by the economic fallout
of the war.

The Indian government must immediately abandon its pro-US, pro-Israel
foreign policy stance and join global efforts to stop the war. We call upon
all our units to immediately organise protest actions against this act of
imperialist aggression and urge all peace-loving people of our country to
join us in condemning the US attack.

 

 

 

 

MA Baby                                             D Raja
Dipankar Bhattacharya

General Secretary                                General Secretary  General
Secretary

CPI(M)                                                CPI
CPI(M-L Liberation) 

 

 

 

Manoj Bhattacharya                   Devarajan

General Secretary                      General Secretary

RSP                                           Forward Bloc

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