As would-be dictator Donald Trump menaces Iran with a major build-up of US military capabilities in the Middle East, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared last week that “the days of the Iranian regime are numbered” and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer asserted that his government “supports the goal” pursued by the US President. The European imperialist powers are fully complicit in preparing an imperialist war of plunder against the most populated country in the region.