The US war on Iran is a decisive moment for humanity, signaling the end of the “rules-based order” and international law and a policy of endless war.

From condemning the violation of Iranian sovereignty to condemning Iran for its retaliatory strikes, the full spectrum of messaging is on offer in the statements by African governments, while the left has unequivocally condemned “imperialist”, “Zionist” aggression.

Countries in South Asia, with millions of their citizens working in the Gulf, are facing popular outrage over their failure to condemn US-Israeli aggression and Khamenei’s assassination.

The attacks targeted key US-operated bases and installations across West Asia, alongside Israeli military sites and government premises in occupied Palestine, including Netanyahu’s office.

Iran has assured the countries in the region that attacks on US bases in the region are purely defensive measures targeted at the US, which is using the bases to attack Iran.

In their first reactions, European politicians refused to name the US and Israel as initiators of attacks on Iran.

Over 200 Iranians were killed in the first round of US-Israeli attacks. As Iran’s retaliation against US bases and Israel continues, Trump warns against further attacks.

The US-Israeli strikes against Iran are part of a decades-long war against the Islamic Republic which has refused to bow to US demands that it surrender its sovereignty.

The strikes, launched jointly by the US and Israel, come amid ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and the US, mediated by Oman. Iran has begun its “overwhelming” retaliatory action against Israeli targets.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed the negotiations could lead to a much improved deal on the nuclear issue than the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), from which Trump unilaterally withdrew in 2018.

The second round of the current phase of US-Iran talks in Geneva on Iran’s nuclear program was described as constructive and fruitful by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

In the decades since Cuba’s revolution in 1959, successive US administrations have targeted Cuba through the blockade, assassination attempts, media campaigns, and more. These attacks have intensified under the Trump administration.