The United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes against targets across Iran on Saturday, resulting in the death of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Independent Political Report has compiled statements and reactions from national political parties in response to the campaign.
The operation began February 28, when U.S. and Israeli forces targeted facilities in and around Tehran, as well as other strategic sites across the country. State media later announced that the Iranian Supreme Leader was among those killed during the strikes. The country has since declared a period of national mourning and initiated the constitutional process for selecting a successor.
Officials from both nations defended the joint action as a response to the potential threat of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon. In a video address, President Donald Trump also presented the operation as an opportunity for regime change in the region and said the campaign could last for several more weeks. Iran has condemned the strikes as an act of aggression and launched retaliatory missile and drone attacks targeting Israeli territory and U.S. positions in the region.
The following statements were issued by national political parties in the aftermath of the strikes. They are presented in alphabetical order by party name and are quoted as released. Statements were shared on various platforms, including social media, party websites, and direct communications to IPR. Readers aware of additional statements or representing national organizations not listed are invited to submit them to the editorial team for inclusion.
The American Solidarity Party published the following statement from National Committee Chair Jack Ternan on social media:
A statement on yet another United States’ Attack On Iran:
On June 22, 2025, I issued a condemnation of “President Trump’s unilateral, unjustified, unconstitutional, and unnecessary military action against Iran” on behalf of the American Solidarity Party. Our principles, commitment to peace, and opposition to reckless and unjustified military aggression remain the same. Accordingly, I again condemn President Trump’s unjustified, unconstitutional, and unnecessary attacks on Iran.
Our platform states: “Administrations of both parties have pursued a policy of reckless overreach, at great cost to both ourselves and other nations. We oppose this tired elite consensus and believe the United States should use its influence to promote an international order that respects the dignity of the human person through means other than aggression.” Additionally: “Military interventions by the United States have rarely complied with just war principles and have usually been counterproductive. We call for an end of the exertion of military hegemony over the world.” Furthermore, “We insist that the United States must end unilateral military intervention in foreign countries.”
As Americans, we do not need regime change abroad; we need it at home. We must escape the ghastly bloodlust and other demonic impulses of the Democratic and Republican parties. Men and women of goodwill must unite in solidarity to build an alternative to evil.
The Communist Party USA released the following statement on its official website:
Beginning in the early morning hours of Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026 — first day of the Iranian work and school week, and during Ramadan — the United States, with its ally Israel, started what President Trump called a “major combat operation” in Iran under the name Operation Epic Fury. Israel’s parallel operation is called Roaring Lion. U.S. and Israeli officials confirmed months of joint planning preceded the attack.
Oman’s foreign minister had announced just hours before the strikes that nuclear talks had made a “breakthrough” — Iran had reportedly agreed to never stockpile enriched uranium and to full IAEA verification. Trump struck anyway.
We ask everyone interested in peace to call or write your senators and demand they support the S.J.Res. 59, which directs the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress. Senators can be reached by calling (202) 224-3121.
U.S. and Israeli governments over multiple decades have charged, without material evidence and contrary to their own intelligence services, that Iran seeks a nuclear weapon. This repeated lie tries to justify the U.S./Israeli aggression against Iran. Moreover, no one should be deluded that U.S. imperialism cares about the welfare of Iranian women, students or any other Iranians. It does not.
Strikes have been reported across Iran, including Tehran, Isfahan (a major nuclear site), the holy city of Qom, Karaj, Kermanshah, Lorestan, and Tabriz. In Tehran, seven missiles struck the district where Supreme Leader Khamenei normally lives, near the presidential palace and the National Security Council. An Israeli strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, in southern Iran, killed between 40 and 51 people.
The Communist Party USA strongly and unequivocally condemns the Trump administration’s current war on Iran. We call for an immediate halt to this latest aggression. The U.S. working class does not benefit from the forever wars being waged in our name by the U.S. government of billionaires.
We call on all Party and YCL members to participate in growing coalitions against the intervention. Our job is to fight for the leadership of the working class and people’s movements in the fightback to end this war, and for peace.
If there is no organized peace movement near you, build the coalition! If your town hasn’t held an anti-war rally, organize one! We will not stop until this war against Iran is ended.
We demand our Congressional representatives immediately exercise their Constitutional authority to stop this latest atrocity, stop funding the war, and stop the President from continually violating his oath to the Constitution.
We call on allies in the peace movement, trade unions, social justice and faith-based movements to join in mass demonstrations and peaceful actions against this war and all the unconstitutional wars being waged by the Trump administration and its allies.
A majority (70%) oppose military action against Iran and support explicit congressional approval before military action against another country. Demand “No War with Iran!” The CPUSA urges immediate, broad, loud and peaceful organized resistance to this latest U.S. aggression. Resist!
The Democratic Socialists of America published the following statement on its national website, which it also translated into several languages:
DSA Stands against Imperialist War and with the Iranian People
Early this morning, the US and Israel struck Iran as people in the region woke up to siren calls and explosions. One of their targets was an all-girls elementary school that has killed at least 40 people. This brutal act of imperialist war is an unjustifiable assault on the Iranian people. The unprovoked US-Israeli aggression against Iran is not merely war against a state or “regime,” a favorite word in the imperialist vocabulary. It is an attack on an entire people and region of the world. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) unequivocally condemns the attacks on Iran and violations of its sovereignty. From Cuba and Venezuela to Iraq and Iran, we categorically oppose regime change and foreign intervention. National sovereignty is a precondition for working-class liberation, not sanctions and bombs.
The US-Israeli attacks are a continuation of the hybrid war that has been waged against Iran since its popular revolution in 1979. From the Clinton administration’s imposition of the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act in 1996 to the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 and waging of the Twelve-Day War, the United States has destroyed the Iranian economy, empowered a class of domestic sanctions profiteers, and caused the Iranian working class to suffer. Thus, in no way can the United States claim to be a friend of the Iranian people when it is a producer of the conditions that cause them to protest.
DSA mourns the lives lost in the US-Israeli attacks and demands a cessation of hostilities against Iran, a withdrawal of military assets from the Persian Gulf and the region, an end to unilateral coercive measures against Iran, and a return to diplomacy on the part of the United States. We call on the American people to organize and participate in mass mobilizations against the attacks on Iran, contact their representatives in Congress and demand that they vote for the Iran War Powers Resolution, and join DSA and its International Committee as we continue to struggle against American imperialism in West Asia and beyond. A popular solidarity movement across the country can shift the political terrain and exact a political cost on warmongers.
No to imperialist war, yes to the sovereignty of the Iranian people!
The Forward Party shared the following statement on social media:
The Forward Party stands with our troops and the families who support them. We honor their service and pray for the safe return of our service members.
We also hold hope for the Iranian people. They deserve freedom, safety, and the chance to shape their own future.
The Green Party of the United States shared the following statement on social media:
The Green Party condemns the Trump administration for its illegal bombing on Iran. It also condemns the Democratic Party Congressional leadership for having worked to stop a vote on the Khanna-Massie Iran war powers resolution
The Liberal Party USA gave multiple remarks on social media, including a longer response featuring a reshared statement from party Operations Manager Robert Kraus:
The United States is starting another illegal and unconstitutional war citing regime change as the reason.
At least 53 people were killed at a girl’s school in Iran after the U.S. and Israel attacked in addition to other innocent lives lost. Tehran retaliated with their own armed attacks across the Middle East. This is horrifically destabilizing and destructive for peaceful people in the region. This is another dark day for human life and dignity as the U.S. and Israel government turn to aggression and violence.
Iranians deserve a representative democracy with rights protections yet they also deserve freedom from violence from the U.S. and Israeli regimes. Instead of further welcoming Iranian refugees and students to the U.S. our immigration enforcement has pushed those people out.
The justification the U.S. uses in attacking Iran (one that violates our own Constitution and international law/treaties) could be used against Trump and his cabinet as well by another country which would want to ‘liberate the US from our own unlawful government.’ There’s no end to cycles of violence, injustice, and tyranny unless we the people put an end to it.
Vet candidates running for Congress to see if they understand the constitution’s power to declare war and that they aren’t receiving special interest PAC money (especially AIPAC). Vet them and make sure they will hold the executive branch accountable to the people!
The Libertarian Party released the following statement on social media:
Libertarian Party Issues Call for Immediate Halt of Regime Change Operations in Iran
Houston, TX, February 28, 2026 — The Libertarian Party is calling for immediate cessation of the unconstitutional U.S. / Israel joint military operations in Iran, initiated February 28th, under “Operation Epic Fury.” President Donald Trump has explicitly stated that the operation is intended to instill regime change in Iran.
Congress has been derelict in its duty to protect its status as arbiter of War Powers, repetitively refusing to constrain Presidential privilege to attack sovereign nations without congressional consent. This latest attack is the most recent abuse of the Authorization to Use Military Force, initiated under the Patriot Act, which has been used as a catch-all for military adventurism.
“This act of war was once again carried out without Congressional War Authorization, for no discernible benefit to the American people. It is the culmination of years of agitation by the same cast of deranged “allies” and entrenched warhawks, Lindsey Graham, Mike Huckabee, Benjamin Netanyahu, and others, who have been pushing for greater war with Iran for decades. We have seen this script before. We know how it ends,” said Libertarian National Committee Chair Steven Nekhaila.
Nekhaila continues, “What is clear is that the actions taken today have no meaningful constituency among the American people. They will destabilize the region further. They will make Americans poorer through inflation, deficit spending, and energy shocks. They will enrich the military-industrial complex. And they risk not only a protracted greater war in the Middle East, but the ignition of a far more dangerous global powder keg.”
The same justifications for Operation Epic Fury are being recycled from the post-9/11 playbook: weapons of mass destruction, humanitarian necessity, vague intelligence briefings, and a theatrical appeal to nationalism.
The Libertarian Party calls upon Congress to do its job, to represent the American people and defend our constitutional order. War powers do not belong to the Executive. They do not belong to foreign governments. They belong to the representatives of the American people.
The Libertarian Party calls for an immediate halt to further escalation, a return to non-interventionist foreign policy, a return to the constitutional rule of law, and an end to wars waged at the behest of foreign powers and the neoconservative establishment in Washington.
The United States Pirate Party endorsed and republished a statement originally made by Captain James O’Keefe of the Massachusetts Pirate Party.
Today, Trump and Israel initiated an illegal war on Iran. He claims it is the only way to ensure Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon. He hopes that it will result in the overthrow of the Iranian government and Israel, at least, has targeted the leaders of Iran. Trump is lying to us.
In 2003, in contravention of the UN charter, we illegally invaded Iraq. The Bush administration used similar claims of Iraq building weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion. As today, overthrow of the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein was also an objective of the Bush administration. That invasion was opposed by billions world-wide and millions protested against it in the United States. The invasion and occupation resulted in the deaths of between 200,000 and a million Iraqis, at least 4,431 Americans and 318 more coalition deaths. The cost to the United States of just the war in Iraq was trillions of dollars in direct and future costs. We are still dealing with the consequences of the Iraq invasion and will for decades to come.
In the recent talks the US had with Iran, Iran agreed to limit its enrichment of uranium only to the levels needed for powering civilian nuclear power plants and allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to monitor their nuclear program. The talks could have gotten us back to the Obama-negotiated Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which Trump withdrew us from in 2018 and which the Biden administration did not restore. Trump now insists that Iran end their efforts to enrich uranium completely and illegally initiated this war.
As Pirates, we believe in individual autonomy and that principle applies to nations. Attacking another country or people that poses no direct threat cannot be allowed, whether it is Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, blowing up fishing boats in the Caribbean or Pacific ocean, seizing the leader of Venezuela or bombing Iran. We are not the world’s self-appointed police man nor do we have a right to overthrow governments, regardless of how undemocratic and authoritarian they are.
This war was the choice of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Diplomacy was possible and they chose to throw it away. Long after they are gone from office, we will have to deal with the consequences of their choice.
It is up to us to stop this war through protest, civil disobedience and even pressuring Congress to defund this war. Here are some resources to start our journey on this struggle as well as the many other struggles for justice and human rights we face:
- Civil Disobedience Toolkit: A guide to civil disobedience by Amnesty International;
- ActUp Civil Disobedience Training;
- Greenpeace Introduction to Civil Disobedience On-line Trainings;
- A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle(also here);
- Nonviolent Struggle: 50 Crucial Points (also here);
- Campaign Strategy Workbook (Other Training for Change tools).
Please add a comment below with suggestions for other resources or email us at [email protected]so we can update our list.
War hawks are not welcomed in this party.
The Party for Socialism and Liberation published the following response in Liberation News, its official publication:
Stop Trump’s War on Iran!
The Trump administration and Israel have launched a massive war against Iran that has already brought death, destruction and chaos all across the Middle East. This war of aggression is opening the gates of hell across the entire region, and threatens to escalate even further hour by hour. The people’s answer to this new crime needs to be mass protest in the streets to demand a stop to the war.
The consequences for the Iranian people have already been horrific. For instance, an elementary school for girls in the city of Minab was bombed in an air raid this morning, leading to nearly 100 deaths. The idea that this war is being carried out to bring “democracy” and “human rights” to Iran is a sick joke.
This is another war based on lies. It is ridiculous for Trump to suggest that Iran poses an imminent danger to the United States. Iran has always maintained that it is not seeking a nuclear weapon and was engaged in diplomatic negotiations with the United States right up to the moment of the attack – besides, Trump claims to have already “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program last year.
Trump made it clear himself when he announced the beginning of the attack – this is a war for regime change. The lies about an imminent threat or nuclear weapons is just like George Bush’s “weapons of mass destruction” line: a complete fabrication designed to provide cover for the overthrow of a government that has long been on the Pentagon’s hit list.
This is a war for empire. The U.S. has surrounded Iran with military bases, and has sought to dominate the Middle East for generations – especially the vast oil resources and strategic waterways controlled by Iran. The people of the United States have no stake in expanding the domination of the billionaire class the world over. Working class youth are being sent to kill and die, while executives at oil corporations and weapons manufacturers sit back and enjoy massive profits.
This is part of a hyper-aggressive foreign policy pursued by the administration. In part, it is motivated by Trump’s incredible ego and his desire to bully the entire world into submission and “run” other countries. But there is also a clear and brutal logic behind the war-mongering actions of the administration. The U.S. is attempting to use the superiority of its military machine in increasingly open and frequent acts of aggression to reassert its position as the unchallenged global superpower. Marco Rubio said at a major conference in Germany this month that he hopes to usher in “a new Western century”.
The attack on Iran is illegal under both the U.S. Constitution and international law. Wars of aggression are banned under the UN Charter. And the Constitution does not give the president unilateral power to go to war on a whim. Congress needs to act on its constitutional authority to halt this illegal war of aggression. A War Powers Act resolution, which invokes Congress’ authority under the constitution as the branch of government empowered to declare war, could be an important pressure point. But in any case, the decisive factor will be the people taking to the streets.
The Pentagon’s war machine costs the public approximately $1 trillion every year. This is an outrageous waste of our tax dollars at a time when working families are struggling to make rent, afford groceries or pay to go to the doctor. Rather than spending unimaginable amounts of money causing death and destruction in Iran, this money should be spent on things like healthcare, education, housing and other programs to meet human needs.
The people of this country do not want another endless war that claims the lives of huge numbers of service members, Iranians and others in the region. We reject Trump’s war based on lies. Today, protests are taking place in scores of cities nationwide. These mobilizations will continue, and they will express the sentiment of the majority of people in this country: Stop the war on Iran!
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