Demonstrators protest US policies, holding signs against political figures amid global tensions.
Much of the global south has condemned the US-Israeli war on Iran as illegal and destabilizing, framing it as an act of coercion. Leaders from Brazil, South Africa, and Pakistan criticized the strikes for derailing nuclear negotiations and violating international law. Turkey blamed Israeli instigation, and Indonesia’s Muslim clerics urged their country’s withdrawal from the US-led Board of Peace in protest. At the same time, China denounced the killing of Iran’s leader as an assault on sovereignty. Analysts argue the conflict echoes past regime-change wars, such as the ones in Iraq and Libya, and reflects widening distrust of Washington’s unilateralism under Donald Trump. Although many critics reject Iran’s theocratic rule, they warn that bypassing diplomacy and global institutions risks eroding international norms—leaving smaller, resource-rich nations feeling increasingly vulnerable to imperial overreach.
The Guardian