Tehran, MINA – France and Italy have joined Spain in resisting Donald Trump’s pressure to support US-Israeli aggression against Iran, as the illegal war he launched is now in its fifth week.
Quoted by Press TV, Spain said on Monday that it had closed its airspace to US planes involved in airstrikes on Iran. The move angered Trump, who described NATO allies as “cowards.”
In a report on Tuesday, Reuters cited sources familiar with the matter stating that France has also refused to allow Israeli aircraft carrying US weapons to cross its airspace. France reportedly refused the request over the weekend.
The US president reacted to the decision in a post on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday, warning that Washington “will remember.”
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The decision in Paris came after Italy last week denied permission for US military aircraft to land at the Sigonella air base in Sicily before heading to West Asia, according to the report.
Some US bombers had been due to land at the base in eastern Sicily before flying to West Asia.
Poland also said recently that it has no plans to relocate one of its Patriot batteries.
Washington had previously claimed that Warsaw was considering sending the system to help shore up air defenses in the region. []
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