The bombardments launched by the USA against Iran in support to the recent Israeli aggression against the Persian country are a new and dangerous step towards the generalized war. The succession of developments happening since October 2023 is headed to the consolidation of Israel as the dominant power in the region and is to be found within the framework of a wider global process of clash between powers and blocs.
The bombardments against the Iranian territory are the last episode of a process that began several decades ago even though it accelerated after October 7th, 2023. It mainly answers to the interest of the Western capitalist powers to establish an area of influence in a region particularly relevant because of its geostrategical position.
As a result of such reality, the peoples in the area have suffered all kinds of aggression, interference, and attacks for decades. The peak level of this is the genocidal policy of Israel against the Palestinian people.
Israel has taken advantage of the events of October 7th, 2023 to attempt to legitimize its expansionist policy. The argument of the alleged fight against Iranian “proxies” in its immediate surroundings and the defense of its national security has served not only to destroy Gaza and increase the pace of its criminal policy of creating settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, but also to put under military control several areas in Lebanon and Syria — in this last case after decisively contributing to the overthrow of the Al Assad Government. As we have repeatedly been warning, the next goal in this dynamic was Iran itself, already identified by the Western powers as the main enemy of their interests in the region. Iran has also been openly clashing with other regional powers that have been for years carrying out a process of rapprochement with Israel, endorsed by the USA — with which they have traditionally been allied.
The relevance all these powers give to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East is a decisive factor in this situation. This is a strategical area not only because of the energy resources it has, but also because of the transportation routes of commodities going through it — the control of which is essential to stabilize the international commercial and supply chains. From a military viewpoint, nobody misses that the control or influence on this area is highly relevant for the possibility of an aggression or an answer against the other powers or blocs.
The US bombardments against Iran deny and expose those who stated that an allegedly isolationist shift by Trump was to make the international situation more peaceful. The strategical interests of the USA and its monopolies continue to be imposed by the power of arms if necessary, regardless of the rhetoric used by political managers.
The criminal attack of Israel and the USA against Iran means that, in such an internationally turbulent moment, the real danger of a generalized war in which the different powers and their allies directly clash can actually happen. This will be catastrophic for the working class and the peoples of the world.
Whether the Spanish authorities want it or not, our country is already engaged in this conflict. This is not only due to the role played by the different Governments in the acceptance and support to the Israeli role in the region in the last decades, but also due to the use of the military bases handed over to the United States for the start or support of its military missions —and NATO’s— in the region. No condemnation to Israel, no gesture played to the gallery can erase the fact that the Spanish bourgeoisie is clearly engaged in the imperialist bloc most directly benefited by Israel’s aggressiveness.
Anti-imperialism does not mean taking side by one or another imperialist power or alliance. It means struggling against the causes and the expressions of imperialist domination. In each country, this struggle takes different expressions according to the position and the role of the different bourgeois States in every conflict.
Our role and our struggle are therefore focused in the strengthening and development of the organization of the working-class and popular majority in our country against the rearming policies, against the participation of Spain in any kind of aggression against other peoples, and against the use of military bases on Spanish soil to continue the warmongering policy of the powers allied to the Spanish bourgeoisie.
We hence call on the immediate mobilization for these goals in all the country.
No land, no sea, no air for imperialists
No to the imperialist war
Shoulder to shoulder, class against class
Political Bureau of the PCTE
June 22nd, 2025