Tag: Iran

  • No war on Iran!

    No war on Iran!

    A Tempest National Committee statement of unconditional opposition to the war mongering of Trump, his threats against Iran, and the bipartisan project of U.S. imperial hegemony.

  • Iran on the brink?

    Iran on the brink?

    Tempest’s Ashley Smith interviews Houshang Sepehr about the recent wave of mass protest in Iran and the Iranian regime’s brutal response.

  • Iran: The anatomy of Dey

    Iran: The anatomy of Dey

    Iranian exile Siyavash Shahabi explores the roots of the country’s crisis and the currents that make up the recent wave of resistance.

  • End the war in Iran!

    End the war in Iran!

    The Tempest National Committee prepared the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s bombing of Iran.

  • The Middle East in flames—yet again

    The Middle East in flames—yet again

    Imran Kamyana assesses the social forces at play in Israel’s war against Iran.

  • So-called axis of resistance  

    So-called axis of resistance  

    Iran has been attempting to achieve a regional balance of power against Israel and the U.S. as well as pursue its own military and economic aims in the region. The regime views any challenge to its influence in Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, and the Gaza Strip, whether from below by popular forces or from Israel, other…

  • The Israel-Iran theater show–a distraction from Gaza genocide 

    The Israel-Iran theater show–a distraction from Gaza genocide 

    Michael Karadjis explains how the recent interchange of missiles between Israel and Iran was an episode of theater distracting from the ongoing genocide in Gaza and leaving Israel more powerful.

  • The struggle for freedom in Iran

    The struggle for freedom in Iran

    Tempest is hosting along with New Politics an event on the ongoing protests in Iran following the death of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Armini, a Kurdish-Iranian woman killed while in the custody of Iran’s “morality police.” 

  • When Iran is free

    When Iran is free

    Amid ongoing protests following the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amin in September while in Iranian police custody for several days after being arrested by the morality police, Fred, an Iranian socialist, analyzes the government’s harsh response, the different ideological factions that are within the “woman, life, freedom” movement, and where these opposition…

  • So that the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement does not die!

    So that the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement does not die!

    Tempest re-publishes a statement in solidarity with the political prisoners of the Iranian Regime.