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SOARING tensions across the Middle East are part of Washington’s aggression towards Tehran, Iranian communists warned on Saturday.
A statement from the Tudeh Party of Iran stressed the sharp escalation of conflicts that could “further destabilise the safety and security of the region” since US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Arab summit in Saudi Arabia last month.
Since then Qatar has been blockaded, new Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sultan has vowed to “take the fight to Iran” and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has voiced support for regime change.
Tehran retaliates with attacks on Israel, the Gulf Arab states and crude oil flows
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
MOHAMMAD OMIDVAR, a senior figure in the Tudeh Party of Iran, tells the Morning Star that mass protests are rooted in poverty, corruption and neoliberal rule and warns against monarchist revival and US-engineered regime change
While Trump praises the ‘successful’ attack on Iranian nuclear sites, the question arises as to the real motives behind this escalation. MARC VANDEPITTE explores the issues