“The ongoing attacks on Iran serve as a manifestation of this persistent imperialist advance to further encroach upon the region, while simultaneously suppressing the potential of Iran to assert its independence as a sovereign state with a distinctly anti-imperialist orientation that is deeply rooted in its own national identity and sovereignty.”
The is the view of the Politburo of the South African Communist Party, after meeting last Friday.
It said that the attacks on Iran by Israel and the US represented the “highest expression of the actions of the United States of America in the Middle East.”
These actions were intended, the party believed, to “ensure the sustainability of the Zionist Israel project as a satellite state of Western Imperialism.”
It dismissed the view that these actions were motivated by Iran’s nuclear ambitions, stating that this had been disproven by experts.
“To that extent, the attacks on Iran are unprovoked, unjustified and blatantly illegal. and are aimed as a political punishment towards Iran for their autonomy and non-compliance with Israel’s regional political agenda and its imperialist policies and ambitions,” it added, pledging its solidarity with the “the people of Iran and people of Palestine”.