About the developments in Iran
The situation is not irrelevant to the course of the imperialist plans in the broader region that move the centre of antagonisms and instability towards Central and South Asia. It is also related to the contradictions of the bourgeoisie of Iran, to the struggle within its ranks for domination and control over the political power.
KKE condemns any attempt to rig people’s will and the implementation of repressive measures against the popular movement.
KKE stands firmly in solidarity with the struggles of the working class and the popular strata in Iran to defend and assert their social and democratic rights, to restore trade-union and political freedoms as well as to release prisoners who fight for workers’ and people’s rights.
KKE demands the legalization of Tudeh Party of Iran and free political action for the communists.
At the same time, KKE explicitly rejects any imperialist intervention that under the pretext of the situation that prevails in Iran seeks to promote the project for the reform of the “Greater Middle East” at the expense of all peoples in the region.
In any case, the sole responsible to give solution and a way out of the crisis is the people of Iran itself.
Athens, Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The Press Bureau of KKE
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