{"id":47002,"date":"2026-03-03T11:14:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=47002"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:14:30","slug":"will-others-follow-spain-denies-use-of-its-bases-to-us-military-for-iran-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/will-others-follow-spain-denies-use-of-its-bases-to-us-military-for-iran-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Others Follow? Spain Denies Use of Its Bases to US Military for Iran Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/spanish-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez-holds-a-press-conference-at-the-end-of-a-special-european-summit-in-brussels-belgium-on-j.jpg?id=65106260&amp;width=1200&amp;height=400&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=0%2C202%2C0%2C140\" alt=\"Will Others Follow? Spain Denies Use of Its Bases to US Military for Iran Attacks\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez holds a press conference at the end of a special European Summit in Brussels, Belgium, on January 23, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0(Photo by Jonathan Raa\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cEurope should close all of the US bases on its soil,\u201d said one US foreign policy critic.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/brad-reed\">Brad Reed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mar 02, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spanish government has blocked the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/us-military\">US military<\/a>&nbsp;from using its bases to launch attacks on Iran, forcing American aircraft to leave the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the annual Mobile World Congress conference in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/barcelona\">Barcelona<\/a>&nbsp;on Sunday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez denounced that US war on Iran, which was completely unprovoked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RECOMMENDED&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trumps-war-with-iran\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/image-shoes-us-military-planes-headed-to-the-midde-east.jpg?id=64958394&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=486%2C0%2C487%2C0\" alt=\"image shoes US military planes headed to the midde east\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/trumps-war-with-iran\">\u2018The Tankers Just Keep Coming\u2019: US Military Movements Spike Fears of Imminent Attack on Iran<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/iran-ready-for-long-war\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/u-s-israel-war-against-iran.jpg?id=65106237&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=833%2C0%2C834%2C0\" alt=\"U.S.-Israel War Against Iran\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/iran-ready-for-long-war\">\u2018Unlike the United States,\u2019 Says Security Chief, Iran \u2018Has Prepared Itself for a Long War\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRemember that one can be against a hateful regime, as is the case with the Iranian regime,\u201d S\u00e1nchez said, \u201cand at the same time be against a military intervention that is unjustified, dangerous, and outside\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/international-law\">international law<\/a>. That one should be against a war initiated without authorization from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/us-congress\">US Congress<\/a>\u00a0or the UN Security Council.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spain\u2019s Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez on Iran:<br><br>\u201cRemember that one can be against a hateful regime, as is the case with the Iranian regime \u2026 and at the same time be against an unjustified, dangerous military intervention outside of international law.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nv0V4pfXeG\">pic.twitter.com\/Nv0V4pfXeG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Anonymous (@YourAnonCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YourAnonCentral\/status\/2028274198528078002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a Monday&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/02\/spain-denies-united-states-permission-military-bases-iran-pedro-sanchez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<em>Guardian<\/em>, Spanish Foreign Minister Jos\u00e9 Manuel Albares emphasized after S\u00e1nchez\u2019s speech that Spanish military bases will not be used \u201cfor anything that is not in the agreement [with the US], nor for anything that isn\u2019t covered by the UN charter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the wake of the Spanish government\u2019s announcement, anti-war campaigners demanded that other European nations take similar stances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEurope should close all of the US bases on its soil,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/davidrkadler\/status\/2028514070853227001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>&nbsp;David Adler, co-general coordinator of Progressive International. \u201cThere can be no \u2018strategic autonomy\u2019 while the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/united-states\">United States<\/a>&nbsp;maintains the ability to commit wanton violence from imperial installations on European territory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex Soros, chairman of Open Society Foundations, said that more nations should follow in Spain\u2019s footsteps in trying to curb US aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhy aren\u2019t more Europeans standing up to an illegal war!\u201d Soros&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexanderSoros\/status\/2028521526765502706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cSame with Canada! They make nice speeches at conferences, but do little.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/spain\">Spain<\/a>&nbsp;is becoming the leader of the free world!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clare Daly, an Irish former member of European Parliament, encouraged her country to do its part to deny the US a base for airstrikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSpain has denied the US military any use of its territory to carry out unlawful acts of aggression against Iran,\u201d Daly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ClareDalyIRL\/status\/2028560152119689231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cYesterday [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/human-rights\">Human Rights<\/a>&nbsp;Organization]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shannonwatch.org\/about-shannonwatch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shannonwatch<\/a>&nbsp;documented two US Air Force Hercules C-130H aircraft landing at Shannon Airport. Is the government going to do anything to uphold Ireland\u2019s international responsibilities?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alan McLeod, senior staff writer at\u00a0<em>MintPress News<\/em>, quipped that the Spanish government \u201ccontinues to provide more resistance to Trump\u2019s agenda than all Democrats combined.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/brad-reed\">Brad Reed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brad Reed is a staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/brad-reed\">Full Bio &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez holds a press conference at the end of a special European Summit in Brussels, Belgium, on January 23, 2026. \u00a0(Photo by Jonathan Raa\/NurPhoto via Getty Images) \u201cEurope should close all of the US bases on its soil,\u201d said one US foreign policy critic. Brad Reed&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/will-others-follow-spain-denies-use-of-its-bases-to-us-military-for-iran-attacks\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47003,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47002\/revisions\/47003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}