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Two tactics in the anti-Iran war movement
Ali Keshtkar asks: how can Iranian socialists best oppose a war being waged against a regime they are in political struggle against?
Lebanon and Hezbollah in the wake of empire: The expanding impact of the war on Iran
Joseph Daher analyzes the expansion of the US-Israel war into Lebanon, its impact on that country and on Iran’s ally Hezbollah.
Justice for the Middle East is also about climate
Adam Hanieh discusses how accurate the claim “all wars are fought for oil” truly is and what developments we might expect in the Middle East in the future.
Against the grim backdrop of US-Israeli imperialist aggression, Shora Esmailian speaks about Iranian society, its complexity, aspirations, uprisings, and their repression by the regime.
What makes the US war against Iran different?
Michael Pröbsting — The present war against Iran stands in glaring contradiction to the actual strategy of the White House, the so-called “Donroe Doctrine”. Why?
Against US-led imperialist war and for Iranian self-determination
Florence Oppen — For revolutionaries, the task is twofold: military opposition to imperialism, full solidarity with the Iranian people’s right of self-defense and political independence from the regime.
What is Trump’s objective in Iran?
Gilbert Achcar outlines the US’s objective in Iran, why it rests more on hope than certainty, and how it differs to those of Israel.
Trump and Netanyahu’s lurch into Iran: Imperial hubris in the wake of a people’s uprising
Kevin B Anderson — Iranian people face attacks from both US imperialism/Israel and a brutally oppressive regime amid their struggle for democracy and social justice.
Asia-Pacific left statements: Stop the war on Iran
Statements by Socialist Alliance (Australia), Socialist Party of Malaysia, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM, The Philippines) and Socialist Union/Socialist Youth Organization (Indonesia) condemning the US-Israeli war on Iran.
Iran: Currency shock, budget politics and class conflict
Siyavash Shahabi explores the roots of Iran’s crisis and the currents that make up the recent wave of resistance.
Governing crisis: Sanctions, austerity and social unrest in Iran
Ida Nikou — Recent protests triggered by currency collapse and price shocks expose how sanctions have reconfigured state power, enabling austerity and insider accumulation rather than relief.
Shireen Akram-Boshar argues that a recent interview by Eric Blanc with Bashir Abu-Manneh and Hoda Mitwally offers a mistaken analysis, focusing on “ultraleftism” in the movement to advance an electoral agenda.