The last few weeks in Iran were marked by protests and civil war-like situations. Most leftists and communists in Germany uncritically supported the protests and encouraged its development towards a civil war. In doing so, they reproduced narratives and supposed facts propagated by imperialism and ignored counter-movements.
We contrast these positions with the actual circumstances and course of the protests. We show how such a positioning of the left—whether intentional or unintentional—helps in legitimizing the war course against Iran and is thus effectively directed against the interests of the Iranian people.
For if it is indeed a matter of supporting the Iranian people in their struggle for greater self-determination, our struggle must be directed against the economic war waged by means of sanctions and against the military preparations for war.
