The PCP vehemently condemns the US aggression against Iran, which follows its support for the attacks initiated by Israel against this Middle Eastern country on June 13, 2025, in a clear violation of the principles of the United Nations Charter and of international law.

This serious aggression, which targeted nuclear facilities — an illegal act under international norms— occurred at a time when indirect negotiations were underway between Iran and the US, regarding the Agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme, which the Iranian authorities reaffirmed was only for peaceful purposes. That Agreement was signed in 2015 but the USA unilaterally and unjustifiably abandoned it in 2018, in an attempt to impose its own domineering conditions on Iran.

It should be noted that Israel is the only country in the Middle East possessing nuclear weapons, and yet it refuses to ratify the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) or accept inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) — unlike what has happened with Iran.

Recalling decades of violations of international law, of interference, destabilisation and war by the US, Israel, NATO and EU powers in the region — in Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, and now Iran—the PCP holds US imperialism and its allies responsible for the severe deterioration of the situation in the Middle East, namely for Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people and for the consequences of this latest aggression.

The PCP underscores that the aggression against Iran is part of the broader agenda of the USA and other imperialist powers within the G7, to impose their hegemonic domination worldwide through force and violence.

The PCP reiterates its demand for an immediate and urgent clarification by the PSD/CDS government regarding the presence of US military aircraft in Terceira, in the Autonomous Region of the Azores, and their role in the recent attack. The PCP condemns any potential use of the Lajes Base by the US to escalate aggression against Iran, thereby implicating Portugal in this act of aggression. The PCP urges the Portuguese government to condemn the US and Israeli aggression against Iran — backed by NATO and EU powers — as well as the broader escalation of war in the Middle East, including the genocide of the Palestinian people, demanding its immediate end. The Portuguese government’s failure to distance itself from, and condemn, these actions not only contradicts the principles of the Portuguese Constitution but also constitutes complicity in this criminal warmongering policy, which flagrantly violates international law.

Denouncing those who encourage and fuel confrontation and war, pushing humanity ever closer to catastrophe, the PCP calls on all democrats, patriots, and defenders of peace to raise their voices in protest and outrage, to ensure that no one remains indifferent to the dangers posed by these aggressions, and to continue and expand the struggle for peace and solidarity with the Palestinian people and other victims of imperialist aggression in the Middle East.