Joint Statement

10 January 2020

NO WAR ON IRAN!

We, the undersigned organisations, are deeply concerned over the extremely serious and dangerous escalation of recent conflict between the US and Iran.    

Donald Trump’s reckless assassination of Qasem Soleimani was an act of war, and a provocation to escalate tensions in the region into another full-scale war. Since 2018, Trump administration has withdrawn from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or Iran Nuclear Deal and reimpose sanction on Iran. Now it goes further by inviting military retaliation from Iran with the assassinations of Iranian top officials. Donald Trump even threatened to attack 52 targets in Iran and impose sanctions on Iraq.

We shall not forget that how the US-led war on Afghanistan and Iraq over the last two decades had brought extreme terror, devastation, misery and suffering to millions of people in the region. The war on Iran and another military conflict in Iraq will only exacerbate and worsen the situation.

We call for:

• an end to the belligerent actions and war-mongering rhetoric coming from the US;
• the immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq;
• restraint on the part of both the Iran and the US to avoid another war in the Middle East region;
• an end to sanctions on Iran;
• close down all US foreign military bases.

Endorsed by:

1. Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM)
2. Agora Society
3. ALIRAN
4. Amateur
5. Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (ABIM)
6. BANTU Misi Kemanusiaan Antarabangsa
7. Baramkini
8. Belia Harmony
9. Beyond Borders Malaysia
10. Borneo Komrad
11. G25
12. GERAK
13. Gerakan Mahasiswa Maju UPM
14. Gerakan Pembebasan Akademik (GPA)
15. Happy Learning Books
16. HORAS
17. Ideal
18. In Between Cultura
19. Johor Yellow Flame (JYF)
20. Justice for Sisters
21. Kesatuan Melayu Nasional (KMN)
22. KIPIDAP
23. KLSCAH Youth
24. Liberasi
25. Malaysia Muda
26. Martabat Jalinan Muhibbah Malaysia (MJMM)
27. Nadi Mahasiswa Malaysia
28. Negeri Sembilan Chinese Assembly Hall Youth Section
29. Our Journey
30. Parti Murba
31. Pemuda PSM / PSM Youth
32. Perak Civic Forum
33. Persatuan Amal Progresif Malaysia
34. Persatuan Kebangsaan Pelajar Islam Malaysia (PKPIM)
35. Persatuan Komuniti Prihatin Selangor dan KL
36. Persatuan Tiong Hua Negeri Sembilan
37. Persekutuan Persatuan-persatuan- Persatuan-persatuan Lembaga Pengurus Sekolah Cina Malaysia ( Dong Zong)
38. Pertubuhan Permata Perpaduan Islam (MAP)
39. Pertubuhan Solidariti Hijau Kuantan
40. Sahabat Rakyat
41. Save Malaysia Stop Lynas
42. SEJAGAT MALAYSIA
43. SERUMPUN MALAYSIA
44. SUARAM
45. Sunflower Electoral Education Movement (SEED)
46. Teoh Beng Hock Trust for Democracy
47. Tenaganita
48. UTM-MJIIT Voices
49. Socialist Alliance, Australia
50. Socialist People’s Alliance Party, Egypt
51. Europe solidaire sans frontières (ESSF), France
52. Konfederasi Pergerakan Rakyat Indonesia (KPRI) / Confederation of Indonesian People Movement, Indonesia
53. Partai Rakyat Pekerja (PRP) / Working People Party, Indonesia
54. Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee, Pakistan
55. Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM), Philippines