The five Left parties CPM, CPI, CPI ( ML), RSP and Forward Block have strongly condemned the United States’ bombing of Iran.
In a cumulative statement jointly issued
by MA Baby, General Secretary, CPI(M), D Raja, General Secretary, CPI, Dipankar Bhattacharya, General Secretary, CPI(ML) Liberation,
Manoj Bhattacharya, General Secretary, RSP
G Devarajan, General Secretary, Forward Bloc it is said that 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 said these left leaders through the joint press statement.
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).
The joint press release said further that 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 when ch unambiguously makes it evident that the real intention is to destroy Iran, establish imperialist hegemony over West Asia, and control the global flow of resources said the Communist parties press release..
Condemning the attack on Iran strongly the Cimmuniste leaders of five parties said that 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.
Terming this bombing attacks as ironic the statement said that it is ironic that the 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!
Accusing the US for escalation of the war drastically the statement signed by five senior Communist leaders said that 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 urge all peace-loving people of our country to unite in condemning the US attack and to organize protest actions against this imperialist aggression said the five Communist leaders. .
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