02/28/2026
Stop the War in Iran!
Slide 1: Rinse, Repeat, Destroy: The US War Machine Comes for Iran
Slide 2: The 1953 Iran Coup — We Started This
The CIA and British intelligence overthrew Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in Operation Ajax because he nationalized Iran’s oil. The US installed the Shah, whose brutal SAVAK secret police tortured and disappeared thousands. The blowback? The 1979 Islamic Revolution. We created the very government we now call our enemy.
Slide 3: Iraq Proved Regime Change Doesn’t Work
The 2003 invasion of Iraq, built on lies about WMDs, killed an estimated 1 million Iraqis, destabilized the entire region, and directly gave rise to ISIS. The Middle East became more dangerous, not less. Iran grew more influential in the region as a result. War didn’t make us safer. It made things exponentially worse.
Slide 4: Sanctions Are Already Collective Punishment
Current US sanctions on Iran have decimated access to medicine, food, and basic goods for ordinary Iranian people, not the government. Collective punishment of a civilian population is a violation of international humanitarian law. We are already at war with the Iranian people. Bombs would just be the next step.
Slide 5: Every Escalation Breeds More Instability
From arming the Mujahideen in Afghanistan to backing Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen to assassinating General Soleimani in 2020, every US military escalation in the region has produced more chaos, more displacement, and more anti-American sentiment. There is no military solution. There never was.
Slide 6: War Benefits Weapons Manufacturers, Not Us
Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Boeing rake in billions every time the US goes to war. Meanwhile, working-class Americans and Iranians both pay the price in lives, in dollars, and in safety. The people calling for war on Iran are the same people who profit from it. We have more in common with Iranian civilians than we do with defense contractors
