The People’s Health Movement denounces unequivocally the assaults launched by the United States and Israel on the sovereign nation of Iran. These strikes lack any legitimate justification and violate international law. They amount to an act of war that endangers the civilian population living in the region in pursuit of imperial domination over natural resources, trade routes and the entire region. 

These attacks come on the heels of more than two and a half years of genocidal warfare in Palestine as well as attacks on Lebanon, Syria and Yemen, where the People’s Health Movement has already documented massive loss of life, displacement and the collapse of health infrastructure. The present aggression threatens to repeat—and amplify—those horrors on a new front.

We call on social movements, political parties, trade unions, health professionals and every person of conscience worldwide to rally against this unlawful violence. Protecting the right of nations to determine their own futures is inseparable from safeguarding the health and lives of their peoples. Immediate, collective condemnation and action are critical to prevent a looming humanitarian and health catastrophe.

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