attack on the Iranian revolution. It can only boost the imperialists' attempts to crush the revolution and impose own revolutionary terror.
London and Paris profess 'neutrality' up their forces in the region under the COVCT 1laul attack. threatening to intervene militarily the pretext that 'economic interests' are threatened.
Any such intervention under the guise of defending oll any other pretext would be nothing else than an armed attack on the Iranian revolution, Just uke te порAmerican raid at Tobas to free the hostages.
Socialists in Iran and throughout the world should condemn the Iraqi military offensive and demand the immediate and withdrawal of all Iraqi forces from Iran.
They should denounce manoeuvres of don and Paris and demand the immediate and withdrawal of the imperialist naval reets Irom me vull. also condemn the selling to Saudi Arabia and beast anus warn against the danger of further imperialist actions, under or imperialst manas wl me nanian Revolution!' counterwhile building and inspired attempt to their overgrow crushing to the unconditional tion. the Lon- military heirarchy, unconditional reactionary officers.
Il lak 1 ney snould of im- for the right of : the slogan declaration of qi claim to be their saviour. of 20 million'. and leadership of tion OI militas and the election/ tion against the Shah.
coup counterWe fight alongside the Khomeini Many imperialistoverthrow it.
Until the workers and peasants can replace the present capitalist regim vith a government of their own an!
Khomeini-Bant Sadr government would signal the of the masses and of the gains of the Iranian revolution:
But military defence of the pre not mean political support for it or the Islamic Republic. In fact the policies of the present regime have undermined the most effective defence of the revoluriddled plotters, rather than purging all the used troops to suppress those national minorities struggling self-determination, sive' bloody military assault on the Kurdish people. A forthright the right to self-determination of the oppressed nationalities would generate enormous enthusiasm from the 50 per cent of who are non-Persians, well as undermining further the IraWe support the call for an 'army most effective through the formaaemocraucally of rank and tie committees in the armed lorces. as occurred in the February revolusimilarly une best way to accoc. the gains of the revolution would be through the independent organisa• tion of the toiling masses in workers shoras and peasants committees.
Such independent organisation would help block any coup attempt by reactionary forces and help to open the road to a workers and farmers' government in Iran. Alliances The Baghdad regime has the 1975 treaty between itself and the Shah as its pretext for an attack on Iran. But this treaty itself signall ed a turn by Baghdad I towards collaboration with the Shah.
The Shah the division waterway. and renunciation of Arab sovereignty over three islands in the Gulf seized by the Shah in 1971.
Iraq agreed to halt all aid to the rebels in Baluchistan, and those in Dhofar fighting Sultan Oman. It also stopped its propaganda emirates and the Arab minorities in revolutionary charter!
Since the overthrow of the Shah, Baghdad has distanced itself from the USSR and sought closer ties with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states The Iraqi regime hopes to take advantage of the weakening of the Iralian military power to strengthen it own role in the Gulf area other objectives weakening and overthrowing Iranian government it it can, as well as sealing off the influence of the revolution from Imperialism's support these aims was reflected in the Wall Street Journal which wrote: 'With Lensol Washington would clearly welcome any role that the Iraqis might play in CANKARA TURKEY SYRIA LEBANON® DAMASCUS BEIRUT ISRAEL /JORDAN used SUDAN © KHARTOUM 'subverGulf ETHIOPIA ADDIS stabilising the Persian Gulf.' La ferocious dictatorship against the include masses the national minorities.
real problems lies in an alliance with its own the Iranian revolution, not military for opposition, and though le throw of its own Baathist dictatorship ne Baghdad and imperialism for a swift proved thanks largely to the mobilisations TEHRAN BAGHDAD IRAQ SAUDI RIYADH UNION OF ARAB ARABIA ¡SANAO A.R ABABA Iraq's Baathist regime exercises perialism including its religious and The solution to the Iraqi masses' hopes of both Defend unfounded, tion.
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FASH SHA AB Ocean Iranian masses against the attack. The designs of imin the region can countered by urgently raising the following demands throughout the international labour movement: traqi troops out now Imperialist hands off Iran Full support for the efforts of the Iranian masses to defeat the hand of reaction the Iranian revoluThe coresponse of the and response masses that place for socialists is in support of the battle to defend Iran. This is where to fight for the extension of the revolutionary process and against attempts to consolidate the colast sale and army li Iran.
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AN edited version of a state- ment issued by the United Secretariat of the Fourth Inter- national on 3 October