A-Infos (en) Italy, UCADI #199 - Iran and Us (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

The attack on Iran, launched by the Nazi-Zionist Netanyahu to divert 
attention from the Gaza genocide and to establish a Greater Israel, 
using the pretext of preventing the Iranians from acquiring nuclear 
weapons, has led us to condemn this aggression without extenuating 
circumstances and denounce the contradictions of the self-righteous 
West, which uses double standards in assessing the aggressors and the 
aggressors. The contradiction is evident when looking at the rhetoric 
used to justify Europe's obscene and masochistic support for Ukrainian 
nationalists while simultaneously justifying Israel as the aggressor.
But our position condemning Israel and supporting Iran's right to 
defense contains an apparent contradiction, criticized by 
pro-Westerners. This contradiction stems from our support, as anarchist 
communists, for a theocratic regime that, politically and socially, is 
as far removed from communist anarchism as possible. The Nazi-Zionist 
aggressor is well aware of this contradiction-that of having to show 
solidarity with a fundamentalist-theocratic regime-so much so that, not 
surprisingly, it has sought to invoke regime change as one of the 
objectives that ennobled its war effort, to the point of justifying it, 
calling on the Iranians to revolt.

On repeated occasions on these pages, we have not failed to support the 
mass movements of the Iranian population aimed at rebelling against 
Khomeini's theocratic dictatorship. In particular, we have firmly 
supported the struggle of Iranian women to free themselves from clerical 
oppression, and the demands for freedom regarding interpersonal 
relationships and customs; We have distanced ourselves from the Iranian 
class-based economic system, built by the Shiite clergy to control and 
oppress Iranian society, to construct tools for exploiting its economy, 
aimed at channeling profits from the political use of religion, aimed at 
the personal and collective enrichment of the Shiite clergy and the 
waqfs managed by the Pasdaran movement.[1]
But this does not mean we are willing to become complicit in the 
Nazi-Zionism that prevails today in the ruling class of the Jewish 
entity, which becomes an instrument of American imperialism and 
international capitalism, of a well-oriented and identifiable 
transnational finance, headed by the Zionist diaspora, interested in 
economically controlling the Middle Eastern area to derive the greatest 
possible profits, fueled by the revanchism and fears of the Jewish 
populations of the world, who, mindful of the Holocaust, have 
constructed the myth of the return to the promised land,
claiming the lands inhabited by other peoples as the exclusive territory 
of the Jewish entity.
By analyzing the Palestinian and Jewish question, we were able to 
reconstruct the phases of this process and demonstrate how there was 
also an internationalist component within the Zionist movement that, 
repudiating the exclusivity of ethnic identity and the nationalist 
option, envisioned the construction of an inter-religious and 
inter-ethnic state in Palestine, in which Muslims and Jews could 
peacefully coexist. We explained how this healthy component of Judaism 
was historically defeated, with the prevalence of the capitalist and 
Zionist components of the Jewish diaspora.[2]
Analyzing the class interests that drive economic and political choices 
today provides us with the tools to make distinctions and allow us to 
understand that social change, the construction of free societies in 
which the genuine interests of people prevail, their yearning for 
equality and freedom that is inherent in human nature, can only come 
from the struggle of the people themselves. Having acquired awareness of 
their aspirations and rights, they freely decide what social order to 
give themselves, what political organization to support, what society to 
build, and what institutions to recognize as their own and legitimate, 
in harmony and in the aspiration for social equality for all.
This is why regime change in Iran cannot and should not be achieved 
through Israeli weapons, especially since the Persian population is the 
custodian of a culture and aspiration to independence and autonomy that 
have profound historical roots that cannot be ignored and that demand 
the utmost respect for the autonomy of this people in deciding their own 
institutions and class relations in the land they inhabit.

The Outcomes of the 12-Day War

That said, the "short" war, now interrupted by the ceasefire imposed by 
Trump and the United States, deserves some consideration.
Israel's attack on Iran has demonstrated the unsustainability of a 
protracted war for the Jewish state against an adversary with an immense 
territory that does not border on that of the Jewish state and a 
population of 90 million. These factors prevent the Jewish state from 
taking action, while it seems unrealistic for it to do so through 
proxies recruited from Iran's multiethnic composition, not even from the 
Azeri component of the population-since the country's national identity 
is so solid that it can overcome fragmentation in the name of a civil 
war waged on behalf of an external client. While nothing conclusively 
proves that Iran was actually acquiring nuclear weapons, which would 
likely ensure the country's invulnerability to systematic aggression 
like Israel's, Iran's military response to the Zionist attack 
demonstrated that, even without nuclear weapons, Iran's missile 
development has reached such levels that it still constitutes an 
effective deterrent against Israel, capable of penetrating any 
anti-missile defense system. Furthermore, unlike Israel's air force, 
which is subject to mechanical wear and tear depending on the intensity 
of its use, missile weapons, combined with the use of drones, are now 
capable of constituting a threat that warrants negotiation in pursuit of 
peaceful coexistence, given that the Iranian missile industry is capable 
of equipping the country with as many as 150 new missiles per month, 
indefinitely fueling its defense capabilities. Furthermore, the 
Iranians' selective targeting has demonstrated that by focusing their 
targeting on a broader spectrum, Iran can do significant harm to Israel.
But there's more. The Israeli attack on Iran is effectively a warning to 
all states in the region, which are also being pressured to acquire 
nuclear weapons. Who today can bet on Turkey, an aspiring neo-imperial 
power, or Saudi Arabia, or even Egypt itself, refusing to acquire 
nuclear weapons in order to be able to sign, like North Korea, a 
security insurance policy against anyone?
What is certain is that the 200 or so nuclear weapons Israel possesses 
are no longer sufficient to ensure deterrence and the reign of terror 
over all countries in the region, as demonstrated by Pakistan's 
statements, which have offered cover and a nuclear umbrella to 
neighboring Islamic states.

A New Middle Eastern Structure and the Pax USA

The considerations we have developed suggest that perhaps a new Middle 
Eastern structure is now possible, and this is because many of the 
actors operating in this scenario have changed their approach to the 
balance of power in the region: certainly, it will take time and will 
not be easy.
Iran's roaring confrontation with Israel will push the Iranians to 
organically join the Shanghai Alliance, seeking greater interaction with 
the Pacific powers, with the prospect of mutual support to counter the 
US presence. Undoubtedly, the Iranians will improve their relations with 
Pakistan and Indonesia, strengthening their presence within the BRICS 
and receiving all the support they need to overcome the limitations 
imposed on the country by Western sanctions, given that the United 
States and Europe will be so subservient to Israel that they will 
masochistically continue to maintain sanctions against Iran. The 
country's relations with China will undoubtedly strengthen, especially 
in terms of infrastructure, considering that the railway allowing 
Chinese goods to arrive directly into the country is now operational. It 
is already expected that the route will continue to extend to the ports 
of the Persian Gulf, thus shortening the route for goods to the Middle 
Eastern and Persian Gulf markets.
Turkey's replacement of Iran's presence in Syria directly brings Israel 
into contact with an enemy far more dangerous than Iran, because it is 
politically embedded within NATO and at the same time eager to gain 
consensus within the Islamic world as a defender of Islam. Israel will 
soon have to deal with the Turks and reconsider its expansion of its 
presence on the Golan Heights and the projection of its power towards 
the Lebanese border; The agreement with the Druze will not be enough to 
earn him the right to occupy the border areas over which he currently 
exercises unchallenged jurisdiction; he will have to be careful in 
targeting the Azeri populations and the Kurds to maintain the 
destabilization of the area.
Much of the future balance will depend on the outcome of the Gaza 
crisis, for which no solution is currently in sight. In any case, 
Israel's tendency to expand its presence in the West Bank will only 
hinder the search for a solution, even a temporary one, to the crisis 
opened by Netanyahu in a desperate attempt to save himself, projecting 
his power into the indefinite future and imposing himself on Israeli 
society as a necessary evil.
The unmanageability of the Palestinian question, for which no solution 
is in sight, is the true Achilles heel of US policy in the Middle East 
and, at the same time, the reason for Israel's growing crisis. The 
ongoing wars have stressed the Israeli economy and significantly reduced 
its development prospects, which are not offset by the possible 
annexations resulting from the resolution of the Gaza crisis and the 
expropriation of land in the West Bank. Furthermore, Israel's 
accumulated discredit in international public opinion, along with the 
disgust and disapproval for what it is doing in Gaza, is such that it 
will be difficult to restore its image and allow for a full resumption 
of solidarity with the country, despite the fact that it still enjoys 
residual political credibility with some major European countries, such 
as Germany and Italy. It is time for Israel to understand that remorse 
for the crimes committed against the Jews cannot cover everything.

[1]Ucadi, Anarchist Communists, the Jewish and Palestinian Questions, 
Newsletter Crescita Politica, No. 178, Nov. 2023, Special Issue.
[2]Iran as the Archetype of Another Islam, Political Growth Newsletter, 
No. 82, February 2016; The Iranian Enigma, Political Growth Newsletter, 
No. 187, July 2024; The Iranians' Protracted Struggle, Political Growth 
Newsletter, No. 167, 2023; Iran: The Resurgence of Female Identity, 
Political Growth Newsletter, No. 164, October 2023; Double Standards, 
Political Growth Newsletter, No. 198, June 2025.

The Editorial Staff

https://www.ucadi.org/2025/07/27/liran-e-noi/
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