An outlier for condemning Israel’s Gaza genocide, Spain says no to Iran war
Al Jazeera
Spain’s socialist president is locked in a war of words with Washington, which has threatened to cut trade ties.
Madrid, Spain – Spain has pledged to keep opposing the war waged by the United States and Israel on Iran after President Donald Trump said Washington would cut off all commercial links with Madrid.
The US leader’s rebuke on Tuesday came after Washington’s European ally refused to let the US military use its bases for missions linked to strikes on Iran.
“Spain has been terrible,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, adding, “We’re going to cut off all trade with Spain. We don’t want anything to do with Spain.”
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, one of the few left-wing leaders in Europe to condemn the unilateral US-Israel attack on Iran as “unjustifiable” and “dangerous”, said in a televised nationwide address on Wednesday that Spain’s position was “no to the war”.
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