The Youth Communist League (UJC), along with mass and youth organizations, has called upon the people of the capital to gather at the Anti-Imperialist Tribunal to condemn the United States' action against the leader of the Revolution, Raúl Castro.

The demonstration is scheduled for this Friday at 7:30 a.m., local time, in support of the Revolutionary Government's Declaration and as part of the activities honoring the 95th birthday of the General of the Army.

In the mobilization call, the youth organizations reaffirmed that neither threats, the blockade, the energy siege, nor false accusations will be able to bend the will of an entire nation in defense of its Revolution.

This Wednesday, the National Bureau of the UJC condemned in the strongest terms the "false accusation" made by the U.S. government against Raúl Castro, and denounced "Brothers to the Rescue" as "a terrorist organization based in Miami, with links to drug trafficking, which repeatedly violated Cuban airspace."

The youth organization recalled that the Cuban government reported more than 25 violations of national airspace by that group between 1994 and 1996 alone, and had warned about the gravity of those actions and their potential consequences.

"It would have been enough simply to eliminate the impunity with which they prepared their actions against the largest of the Antilles and to respond to the continuous warnings issued by Cuba to avoid the unfortunate outcome," the text noted.

The UJC stressed that Cuba exercised its right to legitimate self-defense, "in accordance with the United Nations Charter and International Law, and the strict conviction of the Cuban people to safeguard every inch of their land without foreign interference."

It further denounced that "American cynicism knows no bounds" by targeting Cuba for an act of self-defense, while Washington has historically killed local fishermen in international waters.

The UJC ratified the loyalty of Cuban youth to General of the Army Raúl Castro. "At 95 years since his birth, he is our living example of nobility, integrity, patriotism, and fidelity to the Revolution," the statement expressed.

The José Martí Anti-Imperialist Tribunal has historically been the stage for numerous popular gatherings rejecting Washington's hostile policy toward Cuba.

Meanwhile, developments in the Middle East have heightened international tensions, as Iran warned on Wednesday that it would extend the war "beyond the region" should the United States and Israel launch another attack on the country.

"If the aggression against Iran is repeated, the promised regional war will extend this time far beyond the region, and our devastating blows will crush them," the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) stated in a communique published on their website, Sepah News.

"The U.S.-Zionist enemy (...) must know that, despite the offensive carried out against us with the full capabilities of two of the most expensive militaries in the world, we have not deployed the full power of the Islamic Revolution," they added.

On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump renewed threats to strike Iran if an agreement is not reached to bring a lasting end to the conflict. Trump noted that he was giving Tehran "two or three days, maybe Friday, Saturday, Sunday, something like that, maybe early next week."

For his part, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that a "return to war would bring many more surprises" from his country.

The joint Israeli-U.S. strikes launched on February 28 claimed the lives of several high-ranking Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, triggering retaliatory Iranian attacks across the region.