Hands Off Iran! Resist the US-Zionist War of Aggression Against West Asia!

The Resist US-Led War Movement vehemently condemns the attack by the Zionist entity of "Israel" on the Islamic Republic of Iran. With this act, "Israel" has provoked a war of aggression that Iran had no role in starting, and has once again shown itself to be the most dangerous entity in the region and the most utterly fascist and genocidal force in the world today. This action, with full support of the US, has brought the world closer to the brink of full-scale world war.

The attack targeted Iran's civilian, nuclear research stations and military sites. It also targeted leading members of the Iranian Army and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as well as leading nuclear scientists. In "Israel's" trademark fashion, these strikes were launched indiscriminately with no concern for civilian deaths, hitting multiple apartment buildings and other infrastructure like a water treatment plant. The Natanz nuclear site has been confirmed to be leaking radiation after being damaged, with long term health and environmental consequences like so many other U.S.-instigated nuclear disasters. As of the late afternoon on June 13th in Iran, at least 96 people have been confirmed killed and 364 injured. Once again, the Zionists show their utter cruelty in their intention to wipe out any independent nation or people who stands in their way of full domination over the entire region of West Asia.

The US was involved in every way with this aggression. Despite official statements from the White House saying that Israel acted "unilaterally," President Trump later admitted that he and others in his Cabinet were informed by "Israel" that this would happen. As its primary military supplier and political backer, the US had every opportunity to try and prevent “Israel” from launching its attacks. Instead, the US used the opportunity to pretend to not be involved to avoid blame. However, the US used the military strikes as leverage to weaken Iran and attempt to bring the country to heel in the ongoing negotiations over US sanctions and Iran's nuclear research program.

This was a provocative act of aggression and not a "preemptive" or "defensive" strike as the US and "Israel" have tried to paint it. Iran was not targeted because it is a threat to the world, it was targeted because it was the strongest state standing up to the genocidal expansionism of the Zionist entity and because it is the main roadblock in the way of full US-led domination over West Asia.

The so-called "nuclear talks" have never been about diplomacy or finding a common ground on foreign policy goals between two equal states. Instead, the US, one of the largest holders of nuclear weapons in the world and the only state in history to ever use nuclear weapons in warfare, has used the talks to cloud public opinion, obfuscate the facts, and build justification for war with Iran. Trump has said his goals were to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon, but the Islamic Republic has stated throughout its entire political existence that it has no intention to build a nuclear weapon, even up to the day it was attacked. The nuclear talks were just a tool for the US to continue to dominate its rival Iran in its violent quest to remain the most powerful imperialist in the world.

The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) "urged restraint" in a public statement, but this clouds the role that the agency played in shielding "Israel" and violating Iran's UN-guaranteed rights as a member state. Recently revealed leaked documents obtained by Iran prove that the IAEA was in secret talks with "Israel" to help hide the facts of its own nuclear weapons program, a violation of the Agency's mandate and position of neutrality. It also showed how the Agency helped pass secret information to the Zionists that assisted in the many assassinations conducted against Iran's nuclear scientists and attacks on its facilities over the years. When the IAEA declared that Iran was not complying with its mandate to cooperate with the Agency regarding its civilian research program, it failed to mention these facts that would justifiably make it untrustworthy for Iran to give it information that could lead to more attacks. The state that should be "restrained" is "Israel," a non-signatory to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) that holds multiple nuclear weapons who blatantly attacked Iran, a state that is signed onto the NPT and has made it clear to all those who would listen that it has no intention of ever building a single nuclear weapon.

Iran has every right to develop its nuclear program and, though it has clearly stated it has no intention of doing so, a military nuclear weapons program if it decides it is in the interest of the defense of its people and sovereignty. Calls against the dangers of any new state obtaining nuclear weapons ring hollow if the calls are not directed principally against the US-led nuclear arsenal. The US brought nuclear weapons into the world and then made the decision to arm its allies and attempt to use them to impose its will wherever it pleased. The obtainment of nuclear weapons by states who oppose US imperialist hegemony, such as Russia, China, the DPRK, and Pakistan, has kept the US-led powers in check and prevented further unilateral US aggression across the world. As long as the US holds onto its nuclear arsenal, it is justified for other states to hold onto theirs.

The US-Zionist attack against Iran is a complete violation of its sovereignty and therefore Iran holds the right to retaliate in its defense, and any movement for peace should call for this right to be respected internationally in the face of blatant US-Zionist aggression.

Iran was targeted because of its assertion of independence from and opposition to US imperialism's designs for the region, with one of Iran's strongest expressions of this being its unwavering support for the Palestinian people, and the historic resistance of Palestine is at the heart of this matter. The Palestinian people have sacrificed likely over 200,000 lives since the start of the Al Aqsa Flood operation in their fight to remain on their land and resist the Zionist occupation. While the news focuses on Iran, Palestine is still being bombed and systematically starved. As the peace-loving people of the world stand with Iran against these blatant attacks, we must continue to join arm and arm with the people of Iran in standing in full solidarity with the Palestinian and regional resistance.

Resist US-Led War stands wholeheartedly with the people of Iran and Palestine. These strikes against Iran are only the beginning and more will come. We call on our members and partners around the world to militantly reject the US-Zionist aggression on Iran and to expose and oppose the role of the US in dragging the world into a multipolar world war between nuclear-armed powers, itself the most dangerous of all. Let us be ready to take to the streets and build broad alliances with anyone and everyone struggling for the end of US-led wars and the Zionist occupation of and aggression against West Asia.
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