Joint Statement of 48 Communist and Workers' Parties on developments in Iran
We have followed with concern the important developments in Iran over the recent months. We express our solidarity with the communists, the members and the friends of Tudeh Party of Iran, the working people who struggle for the people’s social and democratic rights, for democracy and social progress.
We condemn the repressive policies and measures that under the responsibility of the Iranian government and the security authorities have led to the death at least 8 people and the arrest of more than 1000 fighters of the popular movement. There are reports that a number of those arrested during the recent protest demonstrations are to be executed. Amongst those detained are well known activists of the women, students and workers movement.
We demand a halt to execution of political prisoners, the immediate release of the arrested people and generally the political prisoners who struggle for the people's interests.
At the same time we explicitly reject every attempt to take advantage of this situation for the escalation of the imperialist intervention in the region. In any case it is only the Iranian people who have the right to determine the future course of their country themselves.
The development of the anti-imperialist struggle in the region with the labour movement at its forefront constitutes a prerequisite for the repulse of the imperialist plans and every attempt of the bourgeois forces to manipulate the people so as to bring about positive changes in favour of the people.
The Parties supporting:
- PADS, Algeria
- Communist Party of Australia
- Democratic Progressive Tribune of Bahrain
- Communist Party of Bangladesh
- Workers’ Party of Bangladesh
- Workers’ Party of Belgium
- Communist Party of Bolivia
- Communist Workers’ Party of Bosnia – Herzegovina
- Brazilian Communist Party - PCB
- Communist Party of Britain
- Party of the Bulgarian Communists
- Communist Party of Canada
- Socialist Worker`s Party of Croatia
- AKEL, Cyprus
- Communist Party in Denmark
- Communist Party of Estonia
- Communist Party of Finland
- Unified Communist Party of Georgia
- German Communist Party
- Communist Party of Greece
- Hungarian Communist Workers’ Party
- Communist Party of India
- Tudeh Party of Iran
- Communist Party of Iraq
- Communist Party of Ireland
- Communist Party of Israel
- Jordanian Communist Party
- Lebanese Communist Party
- Communist Party of Luxembourg
- Communist Party of Norway
- Communist Party of Malta
- Party of the Communists, Mexico
- Popular Socialist Party of Mexico
- New Communist Party of Netherlands
- Communist Party of Pakistan
- Palestinian People’s Party
- Philippine Communist Party (PKP-1930)
- Communist Party of Poland
- Portuguese Communist Party
- Communist Party of Russian Federation
- South African Communist Party
- Communist Party of Peoples of Spain
- Sudanese Communist Party
- Communist Party of Sweden
- Communist Party of Turkey
- Union of Communists of Ukraine
- Communist Party of Uruguay
- Communist Party USA
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