Cypriot Communists stage protest at US Embassy: "NATO out of Cyprus, close down the bases"

A protest rally of the Communist Initiative of Cyprus (CIC) was held on Friday afternoon (27/6/2025) outside the US Embassy in Nicosia, denouncing the role of the United States, NATO and Israel in the ongoing imperialist wars and expressing their solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Dozens of members and friends of the Initiative, including members of the KKE Party Organization in Cyprus, participated in the rally, shouting slogans such as “Freedom in Palestine”, “NATO out, close the bases, no participation in the interventions” and “Imperialism is not invincible”.

 

The KKE and its revolutionary action are a thorn in the side of all kinds of anti-communists

Comment by the International Relations Section of the CC of the KKE:

The ongoing struggle of the KKE and the mass mobilizations currently taking place in Greece, in which the KKE and KNE are playing a leading role, have placed all kinds of anti-communists in a very difficult position. Supporters of Greece’s greater involvement in the war, alongside Israel and the USA, accuse the KKE of supporting ‘the mullahs’, the ‘theocratic regime’ of Iran,  ‘terrorists’ and even ‘conservatism’ through its stance. They also claim that it it ‘fosters anti-Semitism’ because it supports the just struggle of the Palestinian people, who are being massacred by the murderous state of Israel.

Joint statement of Communist and Workers Parties: The future of Iran can only be determined by its people without any external interference

Joint statement of the Communist and Workers Parties: Oppose the war against Iran and call for an immediate ceasefire and regional peace

Following the unilateral and undeclared military attack unleashed against Iran on Friday 13 June 2025 by the criminal Netanyahu government, we witnessed on Sunday 22 June the military aggression of US imperialism against Iran, bombing the nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.

Communists of Cyprus express concern over the US-Israel war on Iran, call for the closure of UK bases

"The US-Israel attack on Iran entails nightmarish dangers for the whole world", underlines the Progressive Party of the Working People of Cyprus (AKEL) in a statement concerning the latest developments in the Middle East. 

The statement reads:

The escalating conflict in the Middle East with the US attack on Iran entails nightmarish dangers to the peace and security not only of the region but also of the entire world. 

Joint Statement of Communist and Workers’ Parties on the US attack on Iran

Joint Statement of Communist and Workers’ Parties

The struggle of the people against imperialism must be strengthened!

The Communist and Workers’ Parties signing this Joint Statement strongly condemn the US attack on Iran, which escalates the military offensive already launched by Israel.

After Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and the ongoing genocide in Palestine, the USA and its allies are now shedding the blood of yet another country in the Middle East. This imperialist aggression is plunging people into war across a wider region and threatening to destroy humanity as a whole.

KKE: Statement on the US attack against Iran — No participation of Greece in the war

In a statement (here in Greek) concerning the US military strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Press Office of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) points out:

"The direct involvement of the US and the attack with high-powered bombs against Iran is a step towards escalating the imperialist war not only in the Middle East, but across the world.

Avishai Ehrlich: Stop the War in Gaza and Iran, For a Nuclear-free Middle East

By Avishai Ehrlich*

The main military activity and focus of Israel and the world shifted from Gaza to Iran on June 12. Gaza has gone from being a primary theater to a secondary one. 

While Israel continues to destroy and kill in Gaza systematically, Israelis are even less interested in it. The war in Iran shifted global and domestic priorities, but the destruction of Gaza, the genocide unfolding there, and the bleeding Palestinian issue remain the heart of the darkness. 

The progressive "West" and the ghost of monarchy

Suddenly, in the smoke of the Israel-Iran war, a ghost has with particular prominence in the bourgeois press has recently emerged! 

 

The ghost of the monarchy, embodied in the heir to the Persian throne, the son of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was overthrown by the people of Iran in 1979.

Who was the Shah and the house of Pahlavi that was overthrown in 1979?

 

Tudeh Party: Iran’s future must be decided solely by the Iranian people

Translated Excerpts from the Editorial of Nameh Mardom, issue no. 1236, published Monday 16 June 2025

Devastating war, struggle against imperialism, and national interests

After weeks of indirect negotiations between the Islamic Republic and the Trump administration—which, according to the Wall Street Journal, were aimed at “limiting the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program” and were seen by many as a suitable path to maintaining regional peace—these negotiations ultimately “turned into a convenient cover for a surprise Israeli attack.”

Tudeh Party of Iran — Communist Party of Israel: Stop the Killing! End the War Now

Tudeh Party of Iran — Communist Party of Israel: Stop the Killing! End the War Now!

The Tudeh Party of Iran and the Communist Party of Israel strongly condemn the continuous Israeli aggression in the region, and its latest attack on Iran which is in direct violation of international law. We demand an immediate halt to all military action resulting in significant civilian casualties on both sides.

KKE's leader Koutsoumbas calls Greek government to end "all military cooperation with Israel"

"The developments in our region are critical! The murderous state of Israel, with its attack against Iran and backed by the USA, NATO, and the EU, has lit the fuse of war, with the danger of escalation across the entire region clearly visible," said the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Dimitris Koutsoumbas, on Monday.   

 

Furthermore, the General Secretary added: 

 

Reactions by Communist Parties on Israel-Iran War

Below you can read statements issued by Communist and Workers' Parties from across the world concerning the Israel-Iran military confrontation in the Middle East: 

 

Tudeh Party of Iran — Communist Party of Israel: Stop the Killing! End the War Now

KKE: Statement on Israel's attack on Iran

European Communist Action: The peoples must condemn Israel’s warmongering