Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi urges European counterparts to prevent their territory from being used for U.S. military operations, according to Iranian state media. In a call with Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova-Chamova, Araqchi asks Sofia to reconsider its decision to allow the temporary deployment of U.S. military aircraft at Bezmer Air Base. Iranian sources characterize Bulgaria’s approval of the U.S. request as facilitating aggression against Iran and say the move is unacceptable and runs counter to long-standing friendly ties between the two countries. The reports also state that Araqchi renews Iran’s warning that states allowing their territory to be used for U.S. operations against Iran could face consequences. Separately, Araqchi contacts Cyprus’s Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos to stress the importance of ensuring foreign military bases in Cyprus are not used for attacks against Iran. The accounts focus on diplomatic pressure and messaging around the use of specific air bases for U.S. operations, rather than any immediate change in deployment decisions.
Iran’s Araqchi presses Bulgaria over U.S. aircraft at Bezmer air base
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi urges European counterparts to prevent their territory from being used for U.S. military operations, according to Iranian state media. In a call with Bulgarian Fo...
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi calls on Bulgaria to reconsider allowing U.S. aircraft at Bezmer Air Base.
- Araqchi tells Bulgaria that approving the U.S. request amounts to facilitating aggression against Iran, according to Iranian state media.
- Araqchi also warns that countries allowing their territory to be used for U.S. operations against Iran could face consequences.
- Araqchi makes a separate call to Cyprus’s foreign minister, urging prevention of foreign military bases in Cyprus being used for attacks against Iran.
- The reports describe these actions as diplomatic outreach through phone calls.
Iran’s foreign minister presses European counterparts over bases used in US operations Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi urged Bulgaria to reconsider its decision to allow the temporary deployment of US military aircraft at Bezmer Air Base, Iranian state media reported on Thursday. In a phone call with his Bulgarian counterpart, Velislava Petrova-Chamova, Araghchi said Sofia’s approval of a US request to station aircraft at the base in support of military operations amounted to facilitating aggression against Iran. He described the move as unacceptable and contrary to the traditionally friendly relations between the two countries. Iran has repeatedly warned that countries allowing their territory to be used for US military operations against it could “face consequences”. In a separate phone call with Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, Araghchi stressed the importance of preventing foreign military bases in Cyprus from being used in attacks against Iran.
2 hours agoForeign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Bulgaria's approval of a US request to station military aircraft at Bezmer air base amounted to facilitating aggression against Iran.
3 hours agoDUBAI, July 30 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi urged Bulgaria to reconsider its decision to allow the temporary deployment of U.S. military aircraft at the Bezmer air base, Iranian state media reported on Thursday.
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