Stop the War Threat against Iran!
Hands Off Iran Now!
Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) is deeply concerned over the ongoing war threat against Iran by the United States and its ally, Israel.
The United States and Israel are seizing upon the string of recent alleged bomb attacks against Israeli diplomats in New Delhi, Tbilisi and Bangkok, to step up their effort to escalate war threats against Iran. It is believed that Israeli government is considering strikes against Iran within months. While the US has shown some hesitation as its military chief said it was “not prudent at this point” to attack Iran, but Israeli attack on Iran with the backing of US is looming.
US have imposed sanctions on Iran since the revolution of 1979 when revolutionary masses overthrew the US-backed Shah’s regime. The recent rounds of sanctions by US and its allies were motivated by Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program. The Imperialist powers are once again trying to reuse old tricks which have been used almost a decade ago such as the lies about “weapons of mass destruction” and terrorism, to prepare for a war of aggression with the aim to impose hegemonic control over strategically vital energy producing region of the Persian Gulf and to save global capitalism through imperialist warfare.
PSM also calls upon the Malaysian Government who has shown so much of energy in attacking Anwar over his alleged support for the 2 state solutions in Palestine to show similar enthusiasm in condemning US and Israel in their mission to start a new military war in Iran.
Enough is enough. PSM calls for
i. The United States and Israel to immediately abort any plot to attack Iran.
ii. To end the sanctions against Iran.
iii. Shut down all US overseas military bases.
iv. Calls upon the Malaysian Government to send a clear warning against the US and Israel to stop all aggression on Iran
v. Global disarmament to stop war threat against any country.
It seems that the Imperialist powers have not learnt from their mistakes in Afghanistan and Iraq. Capitalism and its thirst for war cannot be separated. The Imperialist have gone for war for colonies, spices, gold, opium, oil and strategic advantages. Every war is fought in the name of liberation and democracy. But in every war, the poor are sacrifice while the rich reap the profits. It is time to find a permanent solution for war; and peace cannot surface unless imperialism and capitalism are defeated.
Released by
Choo Chon Kai
PSM International Coordinator