Tudeh Party of Iran: Statement on the “provisional ceasefire” between Iran and the U.S

Statement of the Tudeh Party of Iran

The Announcement of a “Provisional Ceasefire”, A Step Forward Toward Achieving Lasting Peace

In the final moments before the deadline set by the fascist President of the United States, threatening that Iran's “civilization will die tonight,” expired, it was announced that Iran and the United States had agreed on a conditional two-week ceasefire. According to this agreement, the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz will be kept as free as possible. According to published reports, this agreement was reached through the mediation of the Pakistani government.

KKE: U.S and Israel exploit fragile ceasefire as deadly strikes hit Lebanon

The Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) issued a statement regarding Israel’s deadly attacks on Lebanon and the statements made by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

“Israel’s deadly attacks on Lebanon—among the most lethal in recent weeks—demonstrate that the United States and Israel are exploiting the fragile ceasefire, which also included Lebanon, in order to recalibrate their attack tactics, at a time when none of the originally declared objectives of their imperialist intervention in Iran have been achieved.

Israeli communist lawmaker: "Netanyahu is a liar and an international pyromaniac"

Hadash lawmaker Cassif on Iran-US ceasefire 

 

About fifteen hours after the US-Iran cease-fire was announced, the far-right Israeli government has still not issued a statement in Hebrew on the deal or addressed Israeli citizens on the matter. In its first official response in English to the cease-fire agreement, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement early Wednesday, April 8, that Israel supports the move but insisted that the deal “does not include Lebanon.”

 

Greek soldiers at the forefront of the struggle against the imperialist war and for Greece’s withdrawal from it

Many young conscripts made a distinct, symbolic, and meaningful presence felt at the recent workers’ rally in Athens against the imperialist war and for Greece’s withdrawal from it. By taking part in the mass rally organized by the trade unions, they stood side by side with their colleagues, fellow students, and parents. Together they chanted the slogan: “Conscripts are the children of the people and have no business outside the borders”.

Israeli communist MP Aida Touma-Sliman: Why we oppose the imperialist war against Iran

In an interview published this week in Zo Haderech amid the ongoing wars in Iran and Lebanon, Hadash MP Aida Touma-Sliman expressed firm opposition to the war, stressing that opposition to war must be the starting point.

“Two days ago someone asked me why I oppose the war,” she said. “I replied that answers should be demanded from those who start wars, not from those who oppose them. The default must be opposition to war, because wars will never bring security or peace.”

European Communist Action: The anti-imperialist struggle of the peoples must be strengthened

Statement of the European Communist Action on the imperialist war in the Middle East

The anti-imperialist struggle of the peoples must be strengthened 

The European Communist Action condemns in the strongest possible terms the imperialist attack launched by the United States and Israel against the people of Iran, as well as the bombings and Israel’s ground invasion of Lebanon.

Resolution of the (Expanded) Meeting of the CC of the Tudeh Party of Iran

The Secretarial of the Central Committee of the Tudeh Party of Iran, The Plenum of the Central Committee of the Tudeh Party of Iran (TPI) was convened earlier in March 2026, attended by members of the Central Committee, party cadres, and officers. The session commenced with a minute of silence to honour the memory of all victims of the brutal bombardments by U.S. imperialism and the criminal Netanyahu government, as well as those who lost their lives during the January popular protests and the martyrs of the Tudeh movement.

 

KKE's Koutsoumbas warns of “extremely dangerous escalation” as Greece is drawn deeper into Iran war

Amid the intensification of the US–Israel war against Iran and growing pressure on allied states to contribute to military operations—particularly in the strategically crucial Strait of Hormuz—the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Dimitris Koutsoumbas, has issued a stark warning about the risks of a wider regional conflagration and Greece’s deepening involvement in it.

 

Communist Parties of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East hold teleconference on U.S–Israel war in the region

A teleconference with Communist and Workers’ Parties from the Eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East, and the Persian Gulf was held yesterday at the initiative of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), in response to the serious developments in the region following the launch of the imperialist attack by the United States and Israel against Iran.

According to 902 portal report, in addition to the KKE, representatives of ten other parties participated in the teleconference. All participants emphasized the importance of the initiative, noting that it contributes both to the analysis of the situation and to the coordination of the communists’ actions.

 

Jordanian Communist Party strongly condemns the arrest of two members of its Political Bureau

Jordanian Communist Party Strongly Condemns the Arrest of Two Members of its Political Bureau

The Jordanian Communist Party strongly condemns, in the harshest terms, the actions of the security authorities in arresting the two comrades, members of the Political Bureau, Dr. Omar Awad and Comrade Osama Zain Aldin, on the evening of Sunday 8 March 2026. The arrest was carried out in a crude manner and through arbitrary procedures, without any legal justification or grounds for this repressive measure. 

Defying police crackdown, Israeli communists protest against US-Israel aggression towards Iran

Reactions to the Israeli state’s military operation against Iran continue inside Israel itself, despite increasing repression and the authoritarian measures of the state against anti-war voices.

On Saturday evening, demonstrators gathered at Habima Square in Tel Aviv to protest the government’s decision to continue the military assault. Protesters carried banners and placards reading, among other slogans, “Stop the imperialist aggression” and “Justice for Palestine,” calling for resistance to the war and to Israel’s deeper involvement in the regional conflict.

Israeli communist MP warns: "Trump and Netanyahu risk dragging world into a ‘forever war'"

The world risks being dragged into “forever war” by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu and only citizens standing up for peace can stop it, a Hadash MK warned yesterday. 

 

Knesset member Ofer Cassif of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI) told the Morning Star that the US-Israeli attack on Iran was based on lies — and was already a smokescreen for intensified violence and ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine.

 

Joint Statement by the Tudeh Party of Iran, Communist Party of Israel and Communist Party USA

Joint Statement of the Communist Parties of Iran (Tudeh), Israel (Maki) and the United States (CPUSA)

The war of aggression launched by the Netanyahu criminal government and the United States Imperialism in the early hours of Saturday morning against Iran has ignited a full-scale war and dragged the region and its peoples towards more disasters and civilian casualties – all in the service of imperialist interests, against the interests of peoples, their independence and their right to self-determination in an effort to dominate and control the region and the world.

KKE's leader Koutsoumbas refutes Mitsotakis' pretexts over Greece's involvement in the Middle East war

“Developments speak for themselves and shatter the complacency you have fostered for so long, while confirming the persistent warnings of the KKE”, said Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), at the start of his speech in Parliament on 4 March. Addressing the Prime Minister, he refuted the propaganda that “as long as US forces are here, no one will bother us”, at a time when US bases across the region are coming under attack.

Shut Down All U.S–British Bases in Greece and Cyprus!

By Nikos Mottas 

The recent alert in Cyprus following threats of Iranian drone and retaliatory missile strikes once again exposes a dangerous reality that governments in Athens and Nicosia persistently attempt to obscure: the presence of U.S., NATO and British military bases turns both Greece and Cyprus into potential targets in an expanding imperialist war.

For days now, the wider region has been moving ever closer to the possibility of a generalized confrontation in the Middle East. The escalation triggered by the aggressive policies of the United States and Israel against Iran has already created a climate of extreme tension across the entire Eastern Mediterranean. 

Communists from Iran, Israel and the United States condemn Trump-Netanyahu war in the Middle East

Communist Parties from Iran, Israel and the United States have issued strong statements condemning the recent military escalation in the Middle East following the joint U.S.–Israeli attack on Iran. 

 

The statements warn that the aggression risks triggering a wider regional conflict and call for international mobilization to stop the war and defend the rights of the peoples of the region. The reactions came after coordinated strikes carried out by the United States and Israel against targets inside Iran, an operation that dramatically heightened tensions across the Middle East and raised fears of a broader confrontation.

 

AKEL: The attack on British bases confirms the dangers that their presence poses to Cyprus

In a statement about the recent drone attacks against the British sovereign base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, the Press Office of the CC of the Progressive Party of the Working People (AKEL), stresses out:

The recent attack on the British bases on our island confirms the dangers that their presence poses to Cyprus and our people. We call on the government to convey to the British government that Cyprus and its people oppose any kind of military involvement of the bases in any conflicts in the region. 

KKE calls for popular mobilization to disengage Greece from the US–Israeli war in the Middle East

The Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) issued the following statement (here in Greek) regarding developments in the Middle East war and the deployment of military forces to Cyprus:

“The latest dramatic developments in Cyprus, as well as in other countries of the region, in themselves demand that Greece disengage here and now from the flames of war ignited by the United States and Israel with their military attack on Iran.

 

Communist Initiative of Cyprus: The island is becoming a target for retaliation - Shut down the British bases

Statement (here in Greek) by the Communist Initiative of Cyprus on the ongoing developments in the Middle East: 

Cyprus is dangerously being turned into a target for retaliation through the British bases. The drone attack on the NATO base in Akrotiri, combined with the official authorization granted by Britain to the United States shortly beforehand for the use of the British bases in operations against Iran, dramatically confirm the dangers created by deeper involvement.

Tudeh Party of Iran on the death of Ali Khamenei and the right of the Iranian people to decide their future

In a new statement, the Tudeh Party of Iran stresses out: 

"Dear compatriots,

Following the aggressive attacks by Netanyahu’s criminal regime and U.S. imperialism on Iranian soil, Ali Khamenei—the regime’s Supreme Leader and a dictator who over the past thirty-seven years, through destructive policies and the reactionary ideology of “political Islam,” drove the country to the brink of war and destruction—along with a number of his family members and close associates, as well as some commanders of the Revolutionary Guard and repressors of the people, have been killed.