The Communist Party of the Workers of Spain (PCTE) expresses its strong condemn to the military assault jointly started by the United States and Israel against different locations on Iranian territory. This is a new escalation that seriously increases the risk of a war with a generalized nature.
On Saturday night, the United States and Israel bombed dozens of targets, including political and military leaders of the Islamic Republic. The goal declared by the Israeli Prime Minister himself was to promote a change of regime. The bombardments have already caused more than 200 mortal victims — Ayatollah Ali Jamenei among them. Iran responded with attacks against Israel and US military bases located in several Middle Eastern countries. The justifications put forward by Trump and Netanyahu —arguing about preventing Iran to develop nuclear arms or calling to allegedly pacification purposes— are concealing the strategic and economic interests of big companies and monopolies that are disputing the control of energy resources, trade routes, and key military positions in the region.
These facts cannot be understood as an isolated episode. They are framed within the process of clash between powers and blocs being carried out for decades, which has been intensified since October 2023. Their goal is the consolidation of the dominance of the Western bloc in a highly relevant geostrategic region.
Once again, this offensive answers to the need to ensure the interests of the bourgeoisies involved and the spread of their influence in a strategic area, wealthy in natural resources, transport routes, and labor power — even at the expense of the serious consequences for the peoples in the region.
The PCTE warns about the results that such sharpening of inter-imperialist clashed could have in our own territory and the security of the population in Spain. Iran has announced that the military bases that provide logistic support to this Israeli-US aggression could be a target for their response. Thus, the US bases in our country could put the integrity of the Spanish people into a risk. In this context, the USS Roosevelt and USS Bulkeley anti-missile destroyers —deployed in the Naval Station Rota (Cádiz) have participated in the operation by reinforcing the Israeli anti-missile shield, which evidences the direct involvement of Spanish territory in this escalation.
The PCTE calls on the working class and the popular strata to mobilize against the rearming policies, against the use of Spanish territory for imperialist military purposes, and against any aggression against other peoples. Furthermore, it demands the Government of Spain to put an end to the leasing of military bases in Spanish territory to the USA.
PCTE Press Office
Madrid, February 28th, 2026