In this statement, the Cuban Institute for Friendship of the Peoples (ICAP) expresses solidarity with Iran and condemns the United States and Israel's attack on that country and clearly states that this war is a violation of international law and of the United Nations Charter. Cuba has also been under illegal assaults on its rights and sovereignty for more than 60 years. The Trump administration wants regime change in Cuba and in Iran, but both nations remain resolute in fighting imperialist aggression.
Originally published in Siempre con Cuba.
Havana, February 28, 2026
The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) expresses its strongest condemnation of the joint military attacks perpetrated today by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran. This warlike action constitutes a flagrant violation of International Law and the Charter of the United Nations, brutally breaching the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Persian nation and the fragile regional stability.
This new aggression, which has caused hundreds of deaths and injuries â including the attack on an elementary school for girls in the province of Minab â as well as extensive material damage in at least 24 provinces of the country, demonstrates the absolute contempt of the aggressor powers for human life and for the multilateral mechanisms for the peaceful resolution of disputes.
It is particularly serious and revealing that this attack occurs barely one day after a new round of talks on the Iranian nuclear program concluded in Geneva, talks which, according to the mediators themselves, had seen âsignificant progress.â By launching this offensive, the United States and Israel have deliberately dynamited the diplomatic path and have chosen to unilaterally impose their designs through brute force, ignoring the calls of the international community for a negotiated solution.
The statements issued by the leaders of Washington and Tel Aviv are equally alarming and demonstrate the petty and illegal nature of their interests. President Donald Trump justified the operation with the explicit objective of achieving âregime changeâ and urged the Iranian people to engage in a civil war to overthrow the current government, while Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his aspiration to âeliminate the existential threatâ he claims the Persian nation poses to the Zionist regime. These proclamations constitute unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state and deserve the repudiation of the international community.
We express our firm solidarity with the Iranian people, as well as with all the innocent victims of this irresponsible imperialist military maneuver. Likewise, we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the defense of multilateralism and the peaceful solution of conflicts, as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. We demand that the competent international mechanisms and institutions for conflict resolution act accordingly and stop those responsible for this barbarism.
World peace cannot be subject to the geopolitical interests of those who, ignoring the law, seek to impose their hegemony through destruction and death.
No More Foreign Intervention!
No to War!
Hands Off Iran!
Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples
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