New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at UN headquarters in New York City, U.S., March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
(New York, NY) – Mayor Zohran Mamdani is slamming Operation Epic Fury as simply a “regime change war”. Appearing in an interview with Brian Tyler Cohen, the young Democratic Socialist said the war “should be opposed on every single ground”. Mamdani said the conflict is being financed by money that should be going to struggling US citizens. The mayor has been vocal in his opposition from the onset of the military operation.
Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war. Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit…
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) February 28, 2026
President Trump, who has a pretty friendly relationship with the city mayor, has been floating a possible deployment of American troops on Iranian soil. That would mark an escalation in the war that has caused domestic gas prices to soar.
