Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network denounces in the strongest terms the joint U.S.-Zionist attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran, and calls for the broadest mobilizations everywhere to not only protest but to shut down the war machine with action and meaningful solidarity. The aggression on Iran, timed for the holy month of Ramadan, is an attempt to destroy a nation that refuses the domination of its economy, military, energy, foreign policy and its future by U.S. imperialism and Zionist demands. It is an attack on Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and all of the people of the region — it is an attack on humanity itself.
We urge all people of conscience around the world to take to the streets in mass protests, organize direct actions, mobilize to block the war machine, and to shut down the weapons of imperialist destruction that are currently attacking and seeking to destroy peoples and nations in Iran and around the world. Once again, it is clear that the U.S. participation in negotiations is nothing more than a cover for its war plans, and that the U.S. can never be trusted in any so-called negotiations or peace talks — not in Gaza, and not in Iran.
For weeks and months, there has been a dedicated attempt to prevent active solidarity and undermine resistance to the escalating threats of war, from the attempt to carry out regime change through targeted and directed riots that took the lives of thousands of Iranians, to the resurrection of decrepit “neither Washington nor Tehran” rhetoric, to the promotion of sectarian hatred and division in Arabic-language media and social media. All of this forms the psychological front of war, side by side with the U.S. and Zionist bombs and missiles currently targeting Tehran, Qom, Isfahan and Kermanshah. Imperialism and Zionism are one enemy — the common enemy of the entire region, and indeed, the peoples of the world.
This is the time for action, awareness and confrontation. It must be clear to all that the U.S., the Zionist entity and their fellow imperialist powers have the most extreme disregard for international law, the sovereignty of states and the rights of peoples, seeking only war, destruction, devastation, and the theft of land, wealth, resources, and the very future of targeted nations. There is no conflict between the U.S. imperialists and the Zionist entity — regardless of the fact that the vast majority of Americans want nothing to do with war on Iran, the war is being carried out with their planes, bombs, missiles, and billions of their tax dollars. Once again, we observe the complicity of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in promoting and developing war on Iran; on June 13, hours before the last Zionist attack which launched the 12-day war, they issued a resolution condemning Iran. This time, on February 27, they issued a report that they “could not confirm” that Iran had stopped enrichment, highlighted an Isfahan facility for targeting, and demanded Iran allow their personnel to enter secure facilities — once again providing aid and support to the warmongers, and failing entirely to hold the U.S. and “Israel” accountable.
All people of conscience, movements for justice, and nations that seek to defend their sovereignty and independent development must stand now with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The assault on Iran is a clear continuation of the ongoing genocide in occupied Palestine; it followed only one hour after a series of bombings and attacks against southern Lebanon. We join the Masar Badil, the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, in calling for “broad popular mobilization across all arenas — through demonstrations, sit-ins, comprehensive boycotts of the enemy and its interests, and the escalation of all forms of popular and political pressure and direct action in defense of Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Iran, and the peoples of the region,” immediately and on an ongoing and emergency basis; and in making the international Day of Al-Quds, March 13, the last Friday in Ramadan, a unified day of action “to affirm that Palestine will remain the central cause, the compass of the struggle, and the center of confrontation until the demise of the Zionist entity and the end of colonialism.”
We urge all to mobilize emergency demonstrations in cities, communities and campuses around the world, especially in the imperial core; to take direct actions, and to shut down the business-as-usual of the imperialist/Zionist war machine. The anti-war, Palestine liberation and global justice movements cannot allow themselves to become distracted or misdirected: the reality is as clear as it could be. The Zionist entity and the United States are continuing their assault on humanity, sovereignty, self-determination in the region and the world, and they view Iran as a primary obstacle in blocking their domination, hegemony, control and completion of the genocide in occupied Palestine.
Now is the time for action and mobilization, immediately and continuously, before and on al-Quds Day and beyond, for Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, and Yemen, to bring the imperialist-Zionist war to an end, and to impose meaningful popular, direct and legal accountability upon all of those responsible for these ongoing atrocities.
Mohammed Khatib, the European coordinator of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, remains detained in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, denied proper medical care and medication, suffering from bed bug bites and dangerous, unhealthy conditions of confinement. He was arrested in the Heraklion airport on Saturday, 7 February after arriving to speak at an event on Palestinian prisoners, alongside liberated prisoner Abdel-Nasser Issa (who spoke virtually). Greek police claim that he was banned from Greece on 24 December 2025 — only two days after the Greece-Cyprus-“Israel” tripartite summit on economic, military and security cooperation — under a mysterious “national security” order.
During the event, Samidoun Belgium expressed its full support for the seven activists on trial, emphasizing that despite the severe financial pressure they now face, they should remain proud and steadfast in their decision to take action in support of the liberation of Palestine.
