The Role of China in the Imperialist War in Iran

By Nikos Mottas

What is unfolding around Iran is not an isolated war, nor simply another episode of instability in the Middle East. It is part of the ongoing US–Israeli imperialist aggression in the region, which itself unfolds within a broader confrontation between rival imperialist centers. 

Within this confrontation, China is not a distant observer or a neutral force. It is a rising capitalist power, deeply involved in the struggle for energy, routes and influence. And increasingly, it is a major strategic rival of the United States.

IMCWP Working Group: Statements against US-Israeli imperialist aggression and in solidarity with Cuba

The meeting of the Working Group (WG) of the International Meetings of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP), which was successfully held on 19 April in Istanbul, issued statements for the US-Israeli imperialist war in Iran and Lebanon as well as in solidarity with Cuba. 

Read below the two statements:

Statement on Solidarity with the Peoples of Iran, Lebanon, Palestine

Turkey and the Iran War

By Cansu Oba

Turkey is at a crossroads.

On one side of this crossroads lies a reality in which the interests of the working majority are sacrificed for the profits of a small group of monopolies; where extreme wealth and extreme poverty coexist; where absolute exploitation and inequality prevail; where the expansionist ambitions of capital disregard the borders and internal affairs of other countries; where there is full alignment with imperialism; and perhaps where the neo-Ottoman ambitions of Turkish capital could drive the country toward an existential abyss.

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 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.

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.

 

Communist Party of Turkey: "NATO bases must be closed immediately and U.S soldiers must be expelled"

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Statement by Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) on the Iran-fired missile allegedly heading toward Turkey and intercepted by NATO defense systems, and NATO’s provocative response:

"The United States and its partner Israel, through the attacks they have been carrying out against Iran for days, have now taken steps to draw our country into the war they initiated.

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.

Tudeh Party strongly condemns the aggressive attack by Israel and the USA against Iran

In a statement issued on 28 February 2026, the Tudeh Party of Iran strongly condemned the joint aggressive military attack of US and Israel against Iran: 

"Dear Compatriots!

Early this morning, our country was attacked by extensive missile and air strikes by the racist Israeli government and the United States. This blatant aggression against Iranian territory occurs while the Iranian and US government officials, with the mediation of regional countries, have been engaged in negotiations over the past few weeks to resolve disputes over Iran’s nuclear program.

Israel's communists condemn US-Israeli joint military aggression against Iran

Israel and the United States launched a joint military attack on Iran this morning (Saturday). U.S. President Donald Trump officially announced that the United States had initiated a “large-scale attack” on Iran. 

 

According to reports, explosions were heard this morning in the capital, Tehran, and in other parts of the country. In Israel, sirens sounded in the north and center of the country following missile launches from Iran, and residents across the country were instructed to remain close to protected areas.

 

KKE: New criminal US–Israel attack on Iran pushes the Middle East closer to a generalized war

In a statement (here in Greek) on the US–Israel attack on Iran, the Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) stresses the following:

“The new military attack by the state of Israel and the United States against Iran is a condemnable and criminal act that brings closer the prospect of a generalized war in the Middle East and the broader region.

Tudeh Party of Iran warns against a US-led disastrous war, calls for urgent popular front

Statement of the Tudeh Party of Iran: The Specter of Another Catastrophic War, the Intensifying Repression of Popular Protests, and the Responsibilities Before Us

Iran and the broader Middle East once again stand on the brink of ominous and dangerous developments. What now darkens the horizon of the near future is the real possibility of a catastrophic military confrontation that could be initiated by U.S. imperialism and the criminal government of Netanyahu.