{"id":5109,"date":"2026-07-22T17:38:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5109"},"modified":"2026-07-22T17:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:38:50","slug":"iran-warns-bulgaria-against-hosting-us-warplanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5109","title":{"rendered":"Iran warns Bulgaria against hosting US warplanes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iran\u2019s foreign ministry spokesman warned Bulgaria on Tuesday not to allow the US to use the European country\u2019s territory \u200cfor military operations against Iran.<\/p>\n

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Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said any activity that facilitates US attacks on Iran would amount to complicity in what he described as \u201caggression and war crimes\u201d, according to Iranian state media quoted by Reuters.<\/p>\n

The warning follows word from the Bulgarian government that it would seek parliamentary approval to\u00a0station up to eight U.S. tanker aircraft\u00a0at an air base in Bulgaria, a member of NATO and the European Union.<\/p>\n

Baghaei urged \u200cBulgaria \u2060not to become \u201can accomplice of aggressors and lawbreakers\u201d, they said. The tanker aircraft are mainly used for airborne refuelling of other aircraft, including during strikes.<\/p>\n

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