We need to stop what is happening in Iran. It shames me,” he said before adding that the United States is getting involved in another war that, he says, would harm the lives of ordinary Iranians as well as working-class Americans like himself. “It is already causing deaths. This is not the right way to approach what they are doing,” stated Malinda Dunn, a protester from New York. She also posed: “The government doesn't even go to Congress. (U.S. President Donald) Trump is lying when he says Iran poses some kind of threat to the United States,” the statement added. Answer Coalition, acronym for “Act Now to Stop the War and End Racism,” called for a massive anti-war movement to “end this destruction.” The United States and Israel launched massive airstrikes against Iran on Saturday morning, triggering Iranian missile and drone attacks in retaliation against Israel and U.S. assets in the Middle East. On Monday, Trump affirmed that the military campaign against Iran has “the capacity to extend much beyond four or five weeks.” In Manhattan Hundreds of people gathered at Columbus Circle, Manhattan, New York, to demand the Trump administration end Washington's military intervention in Iran. This was the second major protest in New York in recent days against the joint U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran. There, protesters expressed their firm opposition to the ongoing military action. “The attack the United States launched against Iran was not only illegal, contrary to international law, but also unjustified,” stated Gabriela Silva, a volunteer for Answer Coalition. The attack left numerous dead, “including girls and their teachers in the school,” Silva added. The School On Saturday, a girls' school in Iran's southern Hormozgan province was targeted by Israeli and U.S. attacks, leaving at least 171 dead and injured. “The U.S. attack on Iran does not protect the interests of the American people, and the proposed budget of over a trillion dollars that the U.S. spends on war, death and destruction should be invested in the survival of the people here,” stated Silva. They carried Iranian flags Carrying Iranian flags and banners, a group of protesters gathered outside the White House on Monday night to protest the attacks on Iran. “We are tired of the bloody and constant wars. It is already causing chaos. Buenos Aires, March 3 (NA)—U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran have triggered a wave of nationwide protests in about 50 U.S. cities, as tension in the Middle East has been prolonging for days. The conflict has the potential to rapidly expand and become a devastating regional war that will bring unimaginable death and destruction, declared Answer Coalition, one of the organizing groups of the protests, in a statement issued on Monday, as learned by the Argentine News Agency. “Other countries in the region have already been involved in the war. Nobody knows what they are doing. There is no objective. I hope our Congress recovers and can stop this madness.” On the West Coast On the West Coast, hundreds of people took to the streets in San Francisco, San Jose, and other major Bay Area cities during the anti-war protests, as part of a coordinated day of action across the country. Representative Lateefah Simon, who represents Berkeley and other East Bay cities in Congress, quickly condemned the military actions. “The U.S. and Israel's attacks on Iran without the approval of Congress once again demonstrate President Trump's ruthless disregard for the rule of law,” she posted on the social network Bluesky. According to the organizers, a new round of nationwide protests is scheduled for March 8. This is wrong, it is immoral, and it is a crime against humanity,” stated Yehuda Littmann, a protester from New York. And he added: “I am Jewish. There is no plan.
