Israel’s unprecedented attack on Iran is a direct result of the impunity it has enjoyed while carrying out a genocide in Palestine, broadcast live, for the past 20 months. Under the false pretext of “self-defense,” Israel has escalated its ongoing policy of eradicating Palestinians, culminating in a full-scale genocide. Now, it is expanding this aggression by bombing Iran, claiming to defend itself against a hypothetical nuclear threat, even though it is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and is unaccountable for its own nuclear arsenal.
This impunity is enabled by the United States and the various governments that continue to arm Israel, providing it with weapons, funding, and political cover as it commits mass atrocities throughout the region. The United States has emphasized that Israel acted unilaterally in its attack on Iran and denied any involvement, despite being the primary supplier of the weapons used in that attack. Alongside other governments that arm and protect Israel, the United States is complicit in the expansion of Israeli aggression throughout the region. They are all partners in these atrocities.
These acts of war have not only cost civilian lives, but also threaten the Iranian people’s long and courageous struggle against a repressive regime, culminating in the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement. History clearly shows that there is no path to democracy in the shadow of war.
We stand firmly with the Iranian people, both in their continued resistance to dictatorship and in their right to live free from any foreign military aggression. We denounce Israel’s attack on Iran and demand that the international community exert pressure to immediately end this irresponsible regional escalation.
We urgently demand:
No intervention in Iran!
Immediate end to the regional war escalation!
Solidarity with political prisoners and human rights defenders in Iran,
and vigilance in the face of new repressions by the regime.
As we have been doing for months, we continue to demand:
Immediate sanctions against Israel!
An immediate end to all arms trade with Israel!
A global mobilization to end the genocide in Palestine!
Statement of the Executive Bureau of the Fourth International, June 13, 2025
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