Statement: Stop Trump, Netanyahu and Starmer’s war

The US–Israeli assault on Iran is not about “security”. It is about power, resources and geopolitical domination. The lie of “nuclear threat” is a pretext by both criminal regimes, just as the lie of “weapons of mass destruction” was used to destroy Iraq and kill over a million people. 

We state clearly: Trump has no right to dictate Iran’s future, no right to pursue regime change, and no right to reinstall the son of the former Shah, and certainly no right to kill state leaders. 

We recognise that the Iranian regime is a murderous dictatorship. We state unequivocally: it is for the Iranian people to decide who rules Iran, how, and when. We support the spirit of the 2022–23 uprising sparked by the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini — a mass revolt against authoritarianism and inequality.

Iranian workers and civil society organisations have a long and proud history of organising for liberation and justice, independent of foreign powers and repressive Iranian regimes. After the killing of thousands of protesters by the security forces in January this year, the Workers’ Union of the Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company stated:

“We have said many times and we repeat it again—the path to the liberation of workers and toilers does not lie in the path of a leader carved from above the people, nor in reliance on foreign powers, nor through factions within the government”.

Iran’s teachers and school students have been at the forefront of organising peaceful protests and strikes against the regime’s repression, yet now a hundred children are buried under the rubble of the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in south Iran after US-Israeli bombing. 

We condemn the British government’s complicity in this and other crimes against the Iranian people. Keir Starmer declared that British planes are “in the sky” above Iran. British military involvement makes our government a direct partner in aggression just as it is aiding genocide in Palestine. Britain must not participate in this war. End the £15 billion war budget escalation. 

We affirm that ordinary people pay the price — through bombs, sanctions, hunger and displacement. Refugees of imperial wars are victims of Western aggression. Refugees are welcome here and have the right to be here.

We condemn the record of aggression. Since January 2025, Trump has attacked Venezuela, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Yemen and Somalia. In 2025, Israel has attacked Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria and Yemen, while continuing genocide and war crimes against Palestinians. These two regimes, acting with absolute impunity, threaten international peace and humanity. They must be stopped and held accountable for their crimes. 

We denounce US exceptionalism, global domination and toxic nationalism. We state clearly: war, coups, and regime change are the weapons the US, UK and their allies use in a bid to enforce imperial control over the world.

We demand an immediate end to the war on Iran. The British government must not participate.

No British arms, intelligence, or military bases should fuel this aggression.

We call for a broad, united movement — trade unions, Palestine solidarity, anti-racist and anti-war forces, and all activists — to join protests, picket lines, and boycotts to stop this war.

Workers in Italy, Greece, and elsewhere — including dockworkers — have shown that organised workers can disrupt the war machine. British trade unions must act with the same determination. Through coordinated local, national, and international action, we can block weapons, end complicity, save lives, and defeat imperialism. We pledge our solidarity with workers who refuse to work for war and genocide and call on our trade union leaders to back protests outside UK weapons manufacturers and military bases implicated the US-Israeli attacks.

MENA Solidarity Network 

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What you can do:

• Add your name to the solidarity statement by signing above
• Pass the motion below in your union branch
• Join local and national demonstrations called by Stop the War, CND and the Palestine movement. 7 March, 12 noon, central London. https://www.stopwar.org.uk/events/hands-off-iran-stop-trumps-wars-demonstrate-central-london/
• Follow Iranians for Palestine UK for updates from Iranian activists

Model motion: Stop Trump, Netanyahu and Starmer’s wars 

This union notes that:

1. British warplanes, bases and troops have joined the US-Israeli assault on Iran.
2. Air strikes have hit cities across Iran causing mass casualties including around 100 children killed in the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school.
3. The conflict is spreading across the region as Israel has renewed missile attacks on Lebanon, bombarding Beirut. 
4. Iranian missile strikes have been reported to have hit sites across the Gulf including Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
5. Iranian independent unions and civil society organisations at the forefront of organising resistance to Iran’s authoritarian regime have condemned intervention by foreign powers, stating clearly that it is up to the Iranian people to decide who should rule them and how. 

This union believes that:

1. British troops and resources must be immediately withdrawn from any role supporting Trump and Netanyahu’s war. 
2. British support for Israel’s genocide in Palestine is escalating the crisis and slide towards war across the region.
3. The trade union movement must show its solidarity with workers in Iran standing with them in rejecting foreign intervention, affirming their right to organise independently of the state and condemning the brutal repression of protests and opposition movements by the Iranian regime. 
4. The trade union movement must campaign and organise against weapons and bases here in Britain being used to fuel this imperialist war and mobilise in solidarity with workers who refuse to allow their labour to be conscripted to carry out war crimes. 

This union resolves:

1. To support local and national protests against the war on Iran called by Stop the War, CND, the Palestine movement and the trade unions.
2. To make a public statement calling for the immediate withdrawal of all British military and diplomatic support for this war, reaffirming our demands for and end to complicity in Israel’s genocide in Palestine, and calling on trade unions to back protests at weapons factories and military bases involved in the conflict. 
3. To send a message of solidarity to Iranian independent unions and civil society organisations supporting their calls for peace, democracy and justice for the Iranian people and their rejection of foreign intervention.