The Yankee Imperialist War of Aggression on Iran – Day 18
Featured image: The US and the Israeli flag being lit on fire by activists in an anti-imperialist demonstration in Recife, Brazil. Source: A Nova Democracia
As the Yankee imperialist war of aggression on Iran moves into its 18th day, the US and its lackey, the State of Israel, continue their criminal aggression in the region, bombarding Iran and waging a ground invasion of Lebanon. Yankee imperialism claims that Iran is ready for the war to end. Iran on the other hand denies this, saying they are ready to “continue the resistance without any hesitation.”, and have announced their 57th retaliatory wave of “Operation True Promise 4”.
After the failed attempt of Yankee imperialism to form a naval coalition to unblock the strait of Hormuz, US military officials are now reportedly including “off-ramps” into the options of the war planning for Trump, indicating once again that the war goals of Yankee imperialism is not moving forward, and that the “quick and easy” war that the US was hoping for is looking less and less likely.
With the war potentially transitioning into a war of attrition, reports are emerging that both Iran and the Yankee aggressor with its lackey Israel, are facing mounting pressure on their missile and air defense stockpiles, Iran has made it clear that they are not interested in a cease fire, and that they will continue their resistance until a guarantee for long term deterrence has been achieved.
Israel has claimed that they murdered secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani, as well as the commander of the internal Basij militia, Gholamreza Soleimani. This has so far not been confirmed by Iran.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced the 56th and 57th wave of “Operation True Promise 4”, allegedly targeting command and communication systems as well as missile defense infrastructure inside Israel.
IRGC claims that a strategic missile storage facility belonging to Rafael Advanced Defense Systems in northern Israel, as well as the US-operated al-Udeid Airbase was struck.
IRGC also claimed that wave of Iranian missiles struck deep within Israel, hitting Israeli settlements in Gush Dan, Sharon, and Shomron.
A drone attack has sparked a fire at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Since the start of the war of aggression on Iran, 13 vessels operating in the Gulf have reportedly been struck or targeted, with two oil tankers being struck by a boat laden with explosives and by unknown projectiles on Thursday, and today, reportedly a Kuwait-flagged tanker being hit 23 nautical miles east of UAE’s Fujairah.
In Lebanon, the death toll from the aggression of the US lackey Israel, have reached 886 people murdered, including 111 children, and 38 health workers – with 2,141 wounded, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health. Additionally, 1,049,328 people have now been registered as displaced according to Lebanon’s Disaster Risk Management Unit.
Hezbollah have announced several more actions in defense against the Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon, targeting Israeli soldiers, Merkava tanks, and military assembly points as part of “Operation Devoured Straw”.
Rocket salvos allegedly targeted the Israeli positions of al-Assi, Jdeidet Mays al-Jabal, as well as an Israeli position to the south of Maroun al-Ras and a position in Hamams Hill. Two Merkava tanks were allegedly targeted with guided missiles in the Taybeh project area.
In Brasilia, Brazil, an Al Quds Day rally was organized, where multiple organizations participated, expressing solidarity with struggle of the Palestinian people, and denouncing the Yankee imperialist aggression in the Middle East. Among others, the Coordinating Committee of the Anti-imperialist League (AIL) participated in the event, as well as the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran and representatives of the Cuban embassy, AND reports.
In Recife, 120 activists participated in an anti-imperialist demonstration. Present at the event, among several organizations and individuals, were representatives from the AIL, the Support Committee for the newspaper A Nova Democracia (AND) in Recife, and from the League of Poor Peasants (LCP). During the event, activists sided with the struggles against Yankee imperialism unfolding in Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and Palestine, they emphasized that the people, including the exploited masses, activists, and revolutionaries, must build a large movement to join the fight against imperialism. At the end of the event, participants “burned the flags of Yankee imperialism and the Nazi-Zionist ‘Little Satan,’ ‘Israel.’”, AND reports.
Dem Volke Dienen reports that on Friday the 13th of March, over 200 people gathered in Hamburg, Germany, for a demonstration condemning the Yankee imperialist war of aggression on Iran. The Red League participated in the demonstration and held a speech, stating: “As in the case of the attack on Venezuela, this is an attack on the sovereignty of a state, the will of a people, and the independent existence of a country. The aims are clearly not benevolent, but rather malevolent. The attack serves the concentration and centralization of capital, the economic, military, and political control of Iran by US imperialism.”
Read the whole report and speech here:
