The ceasefire is very fragile and could fall apart at any minute. But whether it holds or not, this is a serious defeat for the US and Trump personally.

Iran has succeeded not only in disrupting the world energy market, but also in destroying energy production and export capacity in the Gulf States.

Trump’s bold gamble in attacking Iran may prove to be a key factor in the unravelling of his whole presidency.

In Davos, Carney proposed an alliance of “middle powers” to “build a new order that embodies our values.” This new ethos has shattered under the first test.

It is our duty as internationalists to conduct an implacable struggle against this counter-revolutionary monster, US imperialism, and its Israeli proxies by every means at our disposal.

For decades, the West has built up Iran as the greatest threat to its safety and security. But they are the ones drenched in the blood of imperialist meddling and war.

Irrespective of how exactly events develop, it is clear that the Islamic Republic’s days are numbered.

Now, the students have correctly popularised the slogan, “Death to all tyrants! Be it the Shah or Supreme Leader!”

The Israeli regime, and the western powers who support it, are enemies of the workers and youth of the Middle East. They have been wreaking havoc in the region for more than a century, keeping it crushed under the jackboot of barbaric imperialist oppression.

The killing of Hamas’ main leader and chief negotiator, Ismail Haniyeh, while he was in Tehran, Iran is part of a cynical attempt by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to provoke an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East just so that he can stay in power. In this he can count on the complicity of Western imperialism, which allows him to remain in office as their main reliable ally in the region.