Iran Protests

  Abbas Goya - March 3, 2026 If we replace the formula "U.S versus the Islamic Republic” with "U.S and the Islamic Republic versus the workers,” access to the full truth becomes possible. In Iran’s political lexicon, the phrase “Guadeloupe Conference” signifies the engineering of a transfer of power over from Shah to Khomeini by the United States. Replacing the Shah with Khomeini meant that US's alternative to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) itself. If we trace the love–hate relationship between the U.S and the IRI over the past 47 years, no fundamental change is visible. The same Jimmy Carter who eased Mohammad Reza Pahlavi out of Iran and extended support to Khomeini later lost the presidency to Ronald Reagan over the hostage crisis. The same Islamic Republic that made “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” central to its identity, cooperated with both Israel and America during the Reagan era.  Around seven years ago, “ The U.S.–Iran skirm...

Abbas Goya - March 1, 2026 In addition to the three components previously outlined in "A Socialist Position on the War ” — namely, the support of a section of society for a U.S.–Israel attack on Iran, the so-called Twelve-Day War, and the January uprising — one must point to another catalyst that has played a decisive role both in the Twelve-Day War and in the formation of the current military offensive: Trumpism. Trumpism is not a predetermined doctrine; rather, it is Trump’s method of governing and a set of spontaneous practices within the framework of ultra-right politics. They do not belong to the conventional methods of either the Democratic or Republican parties. The constituent elements of Trumpism are not even pre-defined for Trump himself. Its defining features, however, include “deal-making” in place of diplomacy, bluffing and lying to a pathological degree, threats, impulsive, and unpredictable conduct. Such behavior may be ordinary and routine in the marketplace of bus...