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Far-Left Groups Organize Pro-Iran Rallies Across US Amid Middle East Conflict
People gather for a ‘No War on Iran’ rally in New York City, US, June 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/David ‘Dee’ Delgado
Several far-left groups are organizing pro-Iran rallies to signal their support for Tehran amid Israel’s ongoing efforts to dismantle the regime’s nuclear program and ballistic missile capabilities.
The groups, which largely support the Palestinian cause, hastily organized the demonstrations in the immediate aftermath of Israel launching “Operation Rising Lion” last week. The demonstrations have been held in cities across the US in an attempt to dissuade the federal government from joining the Jewish state’s military operations against the Iranian regime.
The groups which organized the demonstrations include ANSWER Coalition, Palestinian American League, Jewish Voice for Peace, Code Pink, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Peace and Freedom Party, and Democratic Socialists of America.
In New York City’s Manhattan borough, protesters on Friday gathered for a “No War on Iran” rally in which participants waved both Iranian and Palestinian flags. Police blocked the protesters’ access to the Israeli consulate.
NYC: “HANDS OFF IRAN NOW!” Protesters chant in Times Square, as group of counter protesters faces off with a man shouting pic.twitter.com/2RIZwRLD4W
— Oliya Scootercaster
(@ScooterCasterNY) June 19, 2025
Earlier in the week, demonstrators organized a “Solidarity With Iran” rally in which activists called on ideological allies to “support the brave Iranian and Palestinian people fighting for all free people worldwide.”
“Iran, Iran makes us proud! Burn Tel Aviv to the ground!” participants chanted.
“Iran is defending itself against terrorist aggression from the US and Zionist regimes,” the Bronx Anti-War coalition, which helped organize the event, said in a statement.
Scenes from today’s Solidarity with Iran rally in NYC.
Chants heard at the rally:
“Iran, Iran makes us proud! Burn Tel Aviv to the ground!”
“US drones in the sky, Iran’s missiles will reply!”
“Courts and talks won’t set us free, resistance brings victory!” pic.twitter.com/rQDyGn5BD7
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Bronx Anti-War
(@BXAntiWar) June 17, 2025
In Washington, DC, meanwhile, another pro-Iran gathering assembled at Lafayette Park to lend support to Tehran. Participants in the demonstration were seen holding signs reading “Hands Off Iran!” and “Money for people’s needs, not war w/ Iran!” Despite the blistering summer heat, the demonstration marched from the park to the front of the White House.
On the other side of the country, in Sacramento, California, a group of anti-Israel activists organized a “No War on Iran” demonstration to condemn Israel’s preemptive strikes against Iran’s nuclear program.
Organizers have linked the demonstrations to a broader resistance against what they view as the Trump administration’s reckless foreign policy and disregard for constitutional limits on presidential war powers.
“Millions of people across this country have had enough of endless war,” one protester said in San Francisco. “This is not just about Iran. This is about standing up to a government that keeps dragging us into conflicts without our consent.”
Protesters carried signs reading “No War on Iran,” “Stop US-Israeli Aggression,” and “Honor the War Powers Act,” calling for Congress to assert its constitutional authority to determine if the US goes to war.
At the heart of the mobilization is a push from some Democrats and isolationist Republicans in Congress to pass a War Powers Act resolution set for debate in the coming days. The measure would prohibit US President Donald Trump from launching military strikes against Iran without explicit congressional approval.
Though Trump has not indicated whether he plans on approving an American strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, the president has suggested that he might green-light military operations if the regime does not strike an agreement to rein in its uranium enrichment activities.
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.