The joint statement below is signed by more than 200 national and international civil society organizations demanding that the United States Congress immediately intervene to prevent the use of nuclear weapons against Iran. READ PRESS RELEASE >
Global Civil Society Demands US Congress Act to Prevent the Use of Nuclear Weapons Against Iran
October 30, 2026
In recent weeks, President Trump has threatened to “hit Iran hard” after the U.S. midterm elections next week.
On October 15, President Trump stated that he would not use nuclear weapons against Iran. But frequent, abrupt changes of policy have become a staple feature of his presidency, and the single statement that he will not use nuclear weapons stands against a string of threats to do just that.
On April 7, he declared, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” On May 18, he posted an AI generated image of himself pushing a red button with nuclear explosions appearing on monitors behind him. On June 8, he threatened Iran, warning that “We have the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again.” On September 20, he told a reporter, “My question is, if and when do I blow the entire nation up?” Speaking at the UN on September 23, he asked, “Do I annihilate the Islamic Republic, and do it quickly?” We cannot discount these as idle threats.
The use of even a single nuclear weapon in Iran would destroy a taboo that has held since Nagasaki, with unimaginable consequences for all humanity. The U.S. president should not have the unchecked authority to launch nuclear war.
We call on the United States Congress to act now to assert its constitutional role as the only branch of government empowered to declare war – and to make clear that it does not authorize or condone the use of nuclear weapons in Iran.
Initiated by:
Back from the Brink Coalition
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), 1985 Nobel Peace Prize
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)
Endorsed by:
U.S.-based organizations
Abolition 2000 Working Group on Nuclear Risk Reduction
Affiliation of Christian Engineers
All Souls Church Unitarian, Washington, DC
All Souls Nuclear Disarmament Task Force
American Friends Service Committee
Archdiocese of Santa Fe
Arms Control Association
AwakeningPeace.org
Baltimore Club, CPUSA
Baltimore Nonviolence Center
Beatitude House Catholic Worker
Beaver County Peace Links – Peace Action Pennsylvania
Beyond Nuclear
Brooklyn For Peace
Center for Nonviolent Solutions
Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility
Chicago Area Peace Action
Cleveland Peace Action
Coalition for Peace Action
Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism
Community Alliance for Peace and Justice
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety
Concerned Families of Westchester
Connecticut Palestine Alliance
Consistent Life Network
Downwinders Inc.
Earthcare not Warfare
Elders for a Kind Government
Enough Gun Violence/Brady Greater Fresno
Environmentalists Against War
Felician Sisters of North America
First Congregational Church of Hatfield, United Church of Christ
Food Not Bombs
Fresno Center for Nonviolence
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
Golden Rule Peace Boat
Granny Peace Brigade Philadelphia
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action
Institute for Resource and Security Studies
Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives
Loretto Community
Maine PSR
Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action
Marshallese Educational Initiative
Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
Massachusetts Peace Action
NH Peace Action
North Carolina Peace Action
North Carolina Stop Torture Now
Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Nuclear Truth Project
Nuclear Watch New Mexico
NuclearBan.US
NUKEWATCH
Ohio Nuclear Free Network
Old South Haven Presbyterian Church
Oregon PeaceWorks
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
Partnership for a World Without Nuclear Weapons
Pax Christi at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette
Pax Christi Baltimore
Pax Christi El Paso
Pax Christi Illinois
Pax Christi Long Island (New York)
Pax Christi Maine
Pax Christi New York State
Pax Christi Northern California
Pax Christi Pacific Northwest
Pax Christi Quad Cities
Pax Christi Rhode Island
Pax Christi Seed Planters/IL/USA
Pax Christi Southern California
Pax Christi USA
PCAN (Pax Christi New England Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons)
Peace Action
Peace Action Maine
Peace Action New York State
Peace Action Michigan
Peace Action Wisconsin
Peace Culture Village
Peace Fresno
Peace House
Peace with Justice Advocates, NH Conference UCC
Peace, Justice, Sustainability NOW!
PeaceWorks Kansas City
Pelican Media
Physicians for Social Responsibility Arizona
Physicians for Social Responsibility Colorado
Physicians for Social Responsibility Florida (PSR/FL)
Physicians for Social Responsibility Greater Boston
Physicians for Social Responsibility Kansas City
Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles
Physicians for Social Responsibility Maine
Physicians for Social Responsibility New York
Physicians for Social Responsibility Sacramento
Physicians for Social Responsibility San Francisco Bay
Physicians for Social Responsibility Texas
Physicians for Social Responsibility Washington
Physicians for Social Responsibility Western North Carolina
Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin
Plant The Light
Popular Resistance
Prevent Nuclear War Maryland
Rehumanize International
Religions for Peace USA
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
RootsAction
Rotarians for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Saints Francis and Therese Catholic Worker
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace
Save The Aurora Reservoir
September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
Sisters of Loretto Committee for Peace
Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville
Snake River Alliance
Soka Gakkai International – USA
Solartopia Grassroots Election Protection
South Country Peace Group
Southern Anti-Racism Network
Southern NH Indivisible
Southern Oregon Peace Veterans
St. Columba Catholic Church
Strangers and Guests Catholic Worker Farm
Syracuse Peace Council
Tea Project
the Nuclear Resister
Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment (CAREs)
Union of Concerned Scientists
Union for Reform Judaism
United Church of Christ
United for Peace and Justice
Veterans For Peace
Veterans For Peace, New Hampshire, Chapter 62
Veterans For Peace, Spokane, Chapter 35
Veterans for Peace, the Hector Black Chapter
Vigil For Gaza, Port Jefferson Village, NY
Voices for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons (URI)
Watertown Citizens for Peace, Justice and the Environment
Western Mass Science for the People
Western States Legal Foundation
Witness Against Torture
Women Transforming Our Nuclear Legacy
World BEYOND War
Xochipilli Chicano/Latino Men’s Circle
International organizations
Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy
Action des Citoyens pour le Désarmement Nucléaire (ACDN)
Arab Human Security Network (AHSN)
Beati i costruttori di pace (Blessed Are the Peacemakers)
CND Cymru – the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in Wales
DHESARME – Ação Brasileira pelo Desarmamento Humanitário
Doctors in Unite
Finnish Grandparents for Climate
Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace
Gensuikin (Japan Congress against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs)
Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Committee
ICAN Australia
ICAN Germany
ICAN Norway
Indian Doctors for Peace and Development
Initiatives for Nuclear Disarmament (IDN)
Latin America Human Security Network – SEHLAC
International Peace Bureau – Italia
IPPNW Australia, Medical Association for Prevention of War
IPPNW Canada
IPPNW Germany
IPPNW Greece, Greek Medical Association for the Protection of the Environment and Against Nuclear and Biochemical Threat
IPPNW Guatemala
IPPNW Italy, AIMPGN Associazione Italiana Medicina per la Prevenzione della Guerra Nucleare
IPPNW Mexico
IPPNW Netherlands, NVMP
IPPNW Norway, Norwegian Physicians against Nuclear Weapons
IPPNW Serbia, Physicians Union Lege Artis
IPPNW Sweden, Swedish Physicians against Nuclear Weapons
IPPNW Switzerland
IPPNW Turkey, NUSED
IPPNW United Kingdom, Medact
Japan Congress Against A- and H-Bombs / GENSUIKIN
Japan Council Against A and H Bombs / Gensuikyo
Mines Action Canada
Nei til Atomvåpen (No to nuclear weapons Norway)
New Zealand Nuclear Free Peacemakers
No Nukes Action
North East African Community Health Initiative
One Sunny Day Initiatives
PAX
Pax Christi International
Peace Depot
Peace Studies, University of New England, Australia
People for Nuclear Disarmament (PND)
Religions for Peace Canada
SCRAP Weapons
Senegalese Human Rights League (LSDH)
Success Capital Africa
The Simons Foundation Canada
Toda Peace Institute
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