Sanctions

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.