The people of Iran and the Middle East seethe with fury at the US-Israel bombing of Iran that killed many civilians and destroyed infrastructure. The most infuriating attacks included the deliberate, repeated bombing of a school on February 28 that killed 175, mostly girls aged 7 to 12.

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians joined the procession in Tehran on March 3 to bury the slain schoolgirls. Amid mourning, they condemned the US bombings and grieved the death of their leader, Ali Khamenei. They called for the downfall of US imperialism and Zionist Israel. They vowed to avenge the killings of their leaders and countrymen. Similar actions were held in provinces outside Tehran.

The protest refuted the false narrative spread by US imperialism and its agents in the international media (and echoed by local media in the Philippines) claiming that Iranians were “celebrating” the attack on their government.

Many people across the region denounce the US and Israel and stand firmly for Iran’s sovereignty. They protested in front of or near US embassies in Iraq, Yemen, Jordan, Turkey, Oman, and Kuwait. Demonstrations condemning the US bombings also took place in India, Pakistan, Japan, and South Korea. Similar protests were held in the US, Venezuela, and several European countries.

In Lebanon, the armed group Hezbollah are actively defending against Israel’s new series of bombings in the country’s southern part and in Beirut.

In the Philippines, progressive groups led by Bayan marched to the US Embassy in Manila on March 3. They denounced the US-Israel war of aggression in Iran and demanded the dismantling of US military bases from the Philippines. A day earlier, national-democratic groups held a solidarity protest for the Iranian people at the Boy Scout Circle in Quezon City. They also went to the Iran Embassy in Makati City on March 5 to express to the ambassador their condolences to the Iranian people.