COMMUNISTS in Iran, Israel and the United States have united in condemnation of the US-Israeli war against Iran.

The Tudeh Party of Iran slammed the “blatant aggression” of “extensive missile and air strikes by the racist Israeli government and the United States.

“This aggression against Iranian soil, which will undoubtedly result in the loss of lives of our compatriots and the destruction of the country, has been welcomed by forces such as [pretender to the throne] Reza Pahlavi and the [Iranian dissident group] Mujahedin-e Khalq, which is undoubtedly condemned by all the freedom-seeking forces of our country.

“The military aggression of US imperialism and the Israeli government, which is under legal prosecution by the International Court of Justice in The Hague for crimes against humanity, is not only not a harbinger of Iran’s freedom from the yoke of the current tyranny and dictatorship, but is an attempt to destroy Iran as a capable regional country and replace the current government with a dependent and despotic regime.”

It called for “all national and freedom-seeking forces of Iran” to mobilise to end the “aggression of Israel and US imperialism against our homeland.”

The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) denounced the “the war of aggression launched by Israel… against Iran,” warning it “may ignite a large-scale regional or global war.”

“Israel is not only an instrument of global American imperialism, but also a partner in it in its efforts to impose American imperialist hegemony over the world and its natural and economic resources,” it warned.

The CPI added that the Israeli government might use the war as cover to “intensify massacres and crimes of ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and to expand the fascist onslaught and the rise of racism in Israel.”

The Communist Party USA also “strongly and unequivocally condemns the Trump administration’s current war on Iran,” pointing out it was the ninth country bombed by Mr Trump.

“If there is no organised peace movement near you, build the coalition!” it said. “If your town hasn’t held an anti-war rally, organise one! We will not stop until this war against Iran is ended.”