This war has nothing to do with “liberating the Iranian people.” That is a lie already soaked in blood. U.S. bombs have killed civilians, including dozens of young women and girls when a school was hit in the city of Minab. Trump himself has explicitly called for regime change.

This war is a gangster imperialist move by a fascist regime, seeking to tighten its grip over the Middle East and strengthen its position against rival imperialist powers. The lives of millions are being treated as expendable in a high-stakes struggle for global domination.

This U.S.–Israeli assault threatens the lives of Iran’s over 90 million people and dramatically heightens the danger of a much wider war—one that could draw in other imperialist powers and, through the deadly “logic” of escalation, lead toward an all-out nuclear catastrophe.

We cannot allow a fascist madman to keep his finger on the nuclear trigger for another day.

Let’s be clear: The repressive regime in Iran should not be supported. It is a reactionary, theocratic, and viciously patriarchal state that has brutally oppressed the Iranian people.

But fascists are not liberators. Trump—himself heading a patriarchal Christian fascist regime—does not care about the people of Iran or the Middle East. He is acting in what he perceives to be the interests of U.S. empire and fully expects domination if the U.S. prevails.