Iran Demands Accountability For NATO’s ‘Complicity’ With US In War

09:15 25.6.2026

Iran’s Foreign Ministry called the statements by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte saying the United States used some of the military alliance’s bases in Europe in the war with Iran “an admission” of its “complicity” in the conflict and demanded accountability.

Rutte’s comments, which were in response to US President Donald Trump’s criticism of NATO’s lack of cooperation in Washington’s military campaign against Tehran, were “an admission of the organization’s active complicity in committing military aggression against an independent country” the ministry said.

Rutte said that during the war, which began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, European NATO member countries cooperated greatly with the United States, and between 4,000 and 5,000 operational flights of the US military were carried out from European bases, including from Italy.

Italian officials rejected the claim, saying they only allowed the United States to use the country’s bases for logistical and support flights based on bilateral commitments with Washington, and that no offensive operations were carried out from Italy.

Several of America’s European allies, including Italy and Spain, explicitly opposed the war, while others, such as Britain, Germany, and France, took a more cautious stance and avoided from entering the war, an issue that greatly angered Trump.

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