The Tudeh Party of Iran considers the people’s protests against the inhumane prevailing conditions... to be just and lawful.
Statement of the Tudeh Party of Iran: We unequivocally condemn any intervention by U.S. imperialism, the genocidal Israeli state, and their domestic accomplices in the sensitive developments of our country!
A new wave of popular protest demonstrations, which began last Sunday in response to the country’s unbearable socio-economic conditions, has expanded significantly in recent days. This just popular protest movement, which started with a strike in Tehran’s bazaar, has grown broader with the participation of students from universities in Tehran and other cities across the country who are demanding fundamental changes to the existing situation. Following the repressive raids by police and security forces and the widespread arrests that began last Wednesday, the people’s legitimate struggle has taken on more intense forms and has been met with increased violence. Media reports indicate that six people have been killed and that mass arrests have taken place during police crackdowns in recent days.
The Tudeh Party of Iran considers the people’s protests against the inhumane prevailing conditions—especially the current crushing economic and livelihood situation—to be just and lawful. From the very beginning, in unison with other national and democratic forces in the country, we have supported the expansion and deepening of these popular protests, while at the same time calling for the preservation of calm, the continuation of civil forms of protest, and the Islamic Republic’s compliance with the people’s rightful demands.
In this highly sensitive situation, at a time when the majority of society’s revulsion toward the ruling Islamist dictatorship has reached its peak, the quasi-fascist government of Donald Trump, exploiting the enormous rift between the Iranian nation and the Islamic regime, brazenly declared on Friday, 12 Dey: “If Iran shoots at protesters and kills them, the United States of America will come to their aid.” This stance is a blatant attempt to interfere in Iran’s internal developments, particularly when the regime of Velayat-e Faqih is utterly incapable of extricating itself from crisis, instability, and constant fear of the people, and seeks to prolong its survival solely through repression and military-security apparatuses.
U.S. imperialist interference in the internal affairs of our homeland constitutes a clear violation of Iran’s national sovereignty and serves only to secure imperialist interests in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. Another crucial point is that, given the policies of Trump’s far-right government and its full alignment with the criminal and genocidal government of Netanyahu, which stands at the helm of Israel’s war machine, any intervention in Iran’s internal affairs is not only manifestly harmful to the popular uprising against the Islamic Republic, but could also bring catastrophic consequences for the country.
Ali Larijani, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and a close adviser to Khamenei, seized upon Trump’s statement to label the recent protest movement in the country a U.S. conspiracy, stating, among other things: “With the positions taken by Israeli officials and Trump, the backstage of the affair has become clear.” Government-affiliated media in Iran likewise took advantage of the situation and, despite Pezeshkian having acknowledged the legitimacy of the people’s protests, emphasized the need to intensify the suppression of popular demonstrations.
The Tudeh Party of Iran explicitly and resolutely condemns the overt intervention of U.S. imperialism and its regional and domestic allies in Iran’s internal affairs. The irrational and anti-national policies of the Velayi dictatorship over past decades have not only driven millions of citizens into poverty and deprivation, but—by continuing the foreign policy of “exporting the Islamic Revolution” to the region and seeking to re-establish an “Islamic Empire”—have exposed our country to disastrous foreign interventions.
The historical experience of the past eighty years—from the shameful coup of 28 Mordad carried out by U.S. and British agents in Iran, to the actions of U.S. imperialism and its allies around the world—demonstrates that the policy of “regime change” has always been pursued to serve the strategic interests of global imperialism and can never lead to freedom, the realization of national and democratic rights, or the people’s sovereignty over their own destiny. The growing popular movement in our country does not need the assistance of the quasi-fascist U.S. government or the criminal Netanyahu government. Through unity of action among national and progressive forces, this movement itself can bring the struggle against despotism—whether in the form of Velayat-e Faqih or monarchy—to a successful conclusion.
Under these critical circumstances, we call upon all national, democratic, and peace-loving forces of Iran to stand in the ranks of the people’s just struggle to achieve their lawful and humane demands.
Forward toward unity and solidarity of the Iranian people in the struggle against the regime of Velayat-e Faqih
Long live peace; long live the struggle of Iran’s toiling and long-suffering people
Tudeh Party of Iran
12 Dey 1404 (January 2, 2026)
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