We call on the Welsh Government, all political parties in the Senedd and all political, peace movement, trade union and political activists to commit to peace by supporting this statement.
We condemn as outrageous the Israeli military attack upon Iran when talks with the United States were ongoing and due to enter their sixth round.
While US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has distanced the US from the Israeli action it is widely known that such an act of international provocation could not be undertaken without tacit US backing.
While the media, including the BBC, characterise the attack as one upon Iran’s nuclear facilities there is widespread evidence of civilian areas being hit, targets which were clearly not economic or military in nature, including attacks upon the capital, Tehran and targets in cities in the central, western and southern provinces of the country.
Reports from Iran suggest that hundreds of civilians, including children, have been killed in the strikes though exact numbers are yet to be confirmed.
The Israeli state has defended the action as being the only option open to them, in spite of the ongoing dialogue between Iran and the US since March 2025. Israeli claims that the Iranian regime was on the brink of being able to weaponise its civilian nuclear capability were even denied by US intelligence sources as recently as March this year.
We need to be sending a clear message to the Israeli government that this is an outrageous breach of all international norms. Israel has been allowed to act with impunity in Gaza and clearly now has the people of Iran in its sights. This action is not only a provocation in the Middle East but a threat to world peace.
We support the call for the convening of an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to urgently de-escalate the current situation.
We call on the Welsh and British governments to support such a call and condemn in no uncertain terms, the unilateral action of the Israeli government.
We call for peace, trade union and human rights organisations across Wales and Britain to back the call for talks to reach a peaceful conclusion in the interests of reconstruction in the country and the urgent needs of the population in Iran.
Response from the First Minister of Wales: