Oppose the war against Iran and call for an immediate ceasefire and regional peace

The Joint Statement below was proposed by the Tudeh Party of Iran to the Communist and Workers’ Parties (Solidnet).

Following the unilateral and undeclared military attack unleashed against Iran on Friday 13 June 2025 by the criminal Netanyahu government, we witnessed on Sunday 22 June the military aggression of US imperialism against Iran, bombing the nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.

The Israeli war on Iran has been continuing relentlessly since 13 June and, in the words of Benjamin Netanyahu, is aimed at regime change in Iran. This and the latest episode of US escalation and military adventurism constitute direct and gross violations of international law and the UN Charter, banning countries from threatening the sovereignty of other states.

The IAEA has confirmed that the claim by Israel and the US that Iran is secretly building a nuclear weapon is false, and the continuous monitoring of Iranian nuclear activities by the agency has not unearthed any evidence of departure from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)to which Iran is a signatory.

We, the undersigned communist and workers parties:

1. Strongly condemn the US-Israeli military aggression against Iran, backed bythe EU and G7 governments.We call for an immediate end to all hostile actions.
2. Declare that the policies and actions of the US and Israeli governments in unilaterally attacking Iran with the intended aim of “regime change”are illegal and in violation of international law.
3. Consider the war against Iran as the latest military aggression in the region by the war criminal government of Benjamin Netanyahu, following the massacre of 55,000 Palestinians, including 18,000 children, in Gaza over the past two years, under the guise that “Israel has the right to defend itself”.
4. Note with concern that Israel has also subjected the sovereign neighbouring countries of Lebanon and Syria to extensive and repeated military attacks over the past two years and inflicted massive death and destruction upon the peoples of these two nations.
5. Call upon all peace-loving people in the region to unite for peace, an immediate ceasefire, and an end to hostilities. War is the tool of the oppressors to suppress the people’s movement and their rights.
6. Declare our support for the struggle of the Iranian people for peace, independence, freedom and social justice, and strongly oppose external imperialist intervention in Iran. The future of Iran can only be determined by its people without any external interference.
7. Express our solidarity with the fraternal Tudeh Party of Iran, its members and with the millions of workers, working people and their families in Iran suffering under the daily bombardment of civilian targets by Israeli forces.

25/06/2025

SolidNet Parties signing the Joint Statement:

1. Communist Party of Armenia
2. Communist Party of Australia
3. Party of Labour of Austria
4. Communist Party of Austria
5. Democratic Progressive Tribune, Bahrain
6. Communist Party of Bangladesh
7. Workers’ Party of Belgium (PVDA- PTB)
8. Communist Party of Brazil
9. Communist Party of Britain
10. Communist Party of Canada
11. Communist Party of Chile
12. Socialist Workers’ Party of Croatia
13. AKEL (Cyprus)
14. Communist Party of Bohemia&Moravia
15. Egyptian Communist Party
16. French Communist Party
17. German Communist Party
18. Communist Party of Greece
19. Communist Party of India
20. Communist Party of India (Marxist)
21. Tudeh Party of Iran
22. Iraqi Communist Party
23. Communist Party of Ireland
24. Workers Party of Ireland
25. Communist Party of Israel
26. Jordanian Communist Party
27. Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan
28. Communist Party of Luxembourg
29. Communist Party of Mexico
30. New Communist Party of Netherland
31. Communist Party of Norway
32. Communist Party of Pakistan
33. Palestinian Peoples Party
34. Philippines Communist Party [PKP 1930]
35. Portuguese Communist Party
36. Communists of Serbia
37. Communist Party of Spain
38. Communists of Catalonia
39. Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain
40. Communist Party of the Workers of Spain
41. Sudanese Communist Party
42. Communist Party of Sweden
43. Swiss Communist Party
44. Syrian Communist Party (Unified)
45. Communist Party of Turkey
46. Communist Party of Ukraine
47. Communist Party of USA
48. Communist Party of Venezuela

Other Parties signing the Joint Statement

1. Revolutionary Brazilian Communist Party
2. Young Communist League (Britain)
3. Socialist Youth of Croatia
4. Revolutionary Party Communists (France)
5. Communist Front of Italy
6. Galizan People’s Union-UPG
7. Party of Communists USA

The Joint Statement is open for further signatures