The United States and Israel have launched a war on Iran. Missiles and bombs are falling across Tehran and beyond, with strikes hitting schools, military installations, and government compounds throughout the country. Thousands of people are being killed and injured in yet another wave of imperialist bloodshed.

On today's episode of Against The Stream, Hamid Alizadeh is joined by Niklas Albin Svensson to analyse this major turning point in world events from a communist perspective. Already, things aren't going the way Trump had hoped, with Iran firing back, US munitions stretched thin, and the threat of a prolonged conflict the US cannot afford…

New episodes of Against the Stream air every Thursday at 6pm GMT on YouTube.

📖 RECOMMENDED READING 📖

The war on Iran: where do communists stand?

🔗https://marxist.com/the-war-on-iran-where-do-communists-stand.htm

Trump’s massive Iran aggression gamble becoming a catastrophic miscalculation

🔗https://marxist.com/trump-s-massive-iran-aggression-gamble-becoming-a-catastrophic-miscalculation.htm

Alliance of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan statement

🔗https://x.com/PDKIenglish/status/2028556271700549982

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