Perspectives on the Iran-Israel War

Here we document some dissident and alternative views on the conflict from social movements in Iran and its region. Documentation ≠ endorsement!

Rapport des compagnon.es Iranien.nes: Jour 3 de la guerre Iran-Israël – 14 juin 2025 [via Le Père Peinard au populo] / Teherán bajo las bombas: testimonio de un compañero anarquista – 15 de junio de 2025 [via Panfletos Subversivos] / Teheran unter den Bomben: Bericht eines anarchistischen Gefährten – 15. Juni 2025 [via Soligruppe für Gefangene]

دشمن ما همین جاست! – مصاحبه با حمید تقوایی – ۵ خرداد ۱۴۰۴ / Our enemy is here! – Interview with Hamid Taqvaee, Journal Farsi (Worker-Communist Party of Iran – June 15, 2025

Statement of the Tehran Teachers’ Union in Defence of Peace and Opposition to Warmongering– 16 June 2025 [via AWL]

بیانیه‌ی جمعی از تشکل‌های مستقل ایران در مخالفت با جنگ و سیاست‌های جنگ‌افروزانه: «طبقه‌ی کارگر ایران نه‌تنها هیچ نفعی از جنگ ندارد، بلکه این جنگ‌ها مستقیماً زندگی و امنیت او را هدف قرار داده‌اند» / A collective statement from independent Iranian organisations opposing war and warmongering policies: “Not only does the Iranian working class have no benefit from the war, but these wars have directly targeted its life and security.” by Tehran and Suburbs Bus Workers Syndicate, Haft-Tappeh Sugarcane Workers Syndicate, Retired Workers of Khuzestan, Retirees’ Alliance, Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers’ Organisations, Retirees’ Unity Group – 17 June 2025 [via AWL] / Guerre Israël-Iran : Déclaration conjointe des organisations iraniennes indépendantes opposées à la guerre et aux politiques bellicistes [via ESSF]

Déclaration : Non à la guerre Israël-Iran ! Soutien aux mouvements populaires en Iran !, par Solidarité socialiste avec les travailleurs en Iran (SSTI) – 17 juin 2025 [via ESSF]

Guerre Israël-Iran. Déclaration de l’Association des écrivains d’Iran – 17 juin 2025 [via Alencontre]

اعلامیه حزب حکمتیست حمله به اماکن مسکونی و کشتار غیر نظامیان محکوم است نتانیاهو و خامنه ای هردو قاتل ۱۷ ژوئن ۲۰۲۵- مردم بیدفاع اند / Hekmatist Party Statement: Attacks on residential areas and killing of civilians are condemned. Netanyahu and Khamenei are both murderers of defenseless people – 17 June 2025

On War, Displacement, and the Moral Responsibility to Choose a Third Way, by Shadi Sadr – 18 June 2025

Résister aux tambours de la guerre – Au moins, nous sommes nombreux, par Kaveh Akbar – 19 juin 2025

Iranian feminists speak out (Including Seven Key Reminders to Our International Allies Regarding the Unfolding Conflict in Iran, by the Feminist Liberation Group) – 20 June 2025 [via Libcom/Anarchist Communist Group] / פמיניסטיות איראניות על הסכסוך המתפתח – 20 ביוני 2025 / Las feministas iraníes se pronuncian – 20 de junio de 2025

L’attaque militaire d’Israël contre l’Iran : un abîme terrifiant pour le peuple iranien et la région, par Houshang Sepehr (Solidarité avec les Travailleurs en Iran) – 20 juin 2025 [via ESSF]

Imposing war on the Iranian people: the consequences and solutions!, by Dashty Jamal (Solidarity with the Iranian Workers’ Movement Committee) – 20 June 2025 [via LabourHub]

Report on Iranian Grassroots Voices demonstration in Seattle – 20 June 2025 [via Decolonize Anarchism]

سندیکای کارگران شرکت واحد اتوبوسرانی تهران و حومه, هشدار در رابطه با تشدید تهدیدات جنگ‌طلبانه و خطر جدی گسترش جنگ / Warning regarding the escalation of warmongering threats and the serious risk of war spreading, by the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company – 21 June 2025 [via AWL]

On the Agency of Minorities in the Israel-Iran War, by Hawzhin Azeez – 22 June 2025 [via Libcom]

Neither Tsahal nor Artesh, by Tridni Valka – 22 June 2025 / Ni Tsahal ni Artesh: Nous soutenons nos troupes… lorsqu’elles butent leurs officiers !, par Tridni Valka – 22 juin 2025 / Né Tsahal né Artesh: Sosteniamo i nostri soldati… quando sparano ai loro ufficiali!, di Tridni Valka – 22 giugno 2025

گزارشات هفتە گذشتە مبارزات کارگران و دیگر جنبشهای اعتراضی تهیە و تنظیم: حیات الماسی و اوین رضایی – ۱۷ ژوئن [۲۰۲۵ / Reports from the past week on workers’ struggles and other protest movements, prepared and edited by: Hayat Almasi and Evin Rezaei, Worker-Communist Party (Hekmatist) – 23 June 2025

“We must take a step against the war and the power of both sides in this conflict”, by Aso Kamal – 23 June 2025 [via AWL]

Statement from the Anarchist Union of Iran and Afghanistan condemning state wars – 23 June 2025 [via Libcom]

A Detailed Report of War, and a Few Million Forced to Flee, by the Anarchist Front of Iran and Afghanistan – 24 June 2025 [via Anarchist Library]

Israel’s Euphoria of ‘Victory’ over Iran Is Quickly Giving Way to Disillusionment, by Meron Rapoport – 27 June 2025 [via +972]

Iran’s Harrowing Drive to Deport Afghan Refugees, by Zahra Nader – 18 July 2025 [via Himal Southasian]