Samidoun condemns U.S.-Zionist aggression on Iran, urges solidarity, unity and action

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network condemns in the strongest terms the Zionist aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, launched in the early morning hours of Friday, 13 June 2025, and affirms Iran’s complete and legitimate right to defend itself and to respond by all means. This is not only an attack by the Zionist entity alone, but clearly coordinated with, armed, funded and directly cheered on by the United States and its fellow imperialist powers. The moment requires clear and explicit solidarity and action to confront the Zionist-imperialist war machine.

As the people of Iran awaken to the bombing of residential neighborhoods in Tehran and sites throughout the country, imperialist politician after imperialist politician declares that they are “praying for Israel” amid its ongoing, unlawful and illegitimate aggression. This attack once again exposes and underlines the facade of U.S. “diplomacy” and expressions about “peace” — they want only subjugation, surrender and the abdication of sovereignty and self-determination, but never peace or security for the people of the region.

When the US claims it wants “negotiations” on the future of a sovereign nation’s energy and defense policy, it is only buying time in order to carry out its imperial war plans. The only way to security and peace in the region is to uproot the Zionist entity — the military base of Western imperialism — once and for all.

We express our deepest condolences to the Iranian leadership and people on the martyrdom of senior leaders, including Major General Hossein Salami, Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Lieutenant General Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, and a number of scientists and leaders.

The vicious hands of imperialism and Zionism are carrying out a genocide in Gaza for the past 20 months amid 77 years of ongoing genocidal colonialism throughout occupied Palestine; carrying out daily assassination and bombing crimes in Lebanon; besieging and bombing the brave people and leadership of Yemen; occupying Syria and engaging in daily aggressions and bombings; and today attacking Iran after years of warmongering and economic coercive measures intended to undermine the independent and self-determined path of development for Iran.

Iran is being targeted today because it stands with Palestine and the Resistance throughout the region and because it refuses to relinquish the independent future of its people and its nation to the exploitation, domination and destruction of U.S. imperialism.

Iran has every right to defend itself, which is, particularly at this time, a defense of humanity against the genocidal forces of death and devastation that seek only to extract the wealth, resources and future of the peoples of Iran, Palestine, the region and the world.

It is urgent to unify the ranks of our collective camp of resistance at this critical moment, including the popular movement in the imperial core and around the world, to stand firmly and clearly against the U.S.-Zionist aggression and in solidarity with Iran’s self-defense and self-determination.

The liberation of Palestine is at the heart of the global struggle against imperialism, as it is at the core of the struggle for Arab liberation and to defend the Islamic nation. The nuclear-armed Zionist project is carrying out a genocide in Palestine and aggressively seeking to expand throughout the region, and the battle of confrontation against its genocide and aggression requires the united effort of all.

This is a moment when action, escalation and organizing are critically necessary, including direct action to shut down the war machine, bring the genocide against the Palestinian people to an end. We must take action to materially impede the aggression of imperialism and Zionism and to develop our collective organizations to withstand repression, state violence and targeting, especially at a moment of growing uprising in the United States against fascist state violence, particularly targeting migrant workers and communities.

The bombing of children, the assassination of leaders, the attempted destruction of nations: this is, in short, the nature of the Zionist entity and U.S. and European imperialism. There is no path to peace, security or justice without bringing them to an end and imposing true accountability for their crimes.

Victory for Iran, victory for Palestine, victory for humanity.