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\nTehran said on Thursday that Nato was complicit in the US-Israeli war against Iran, after the bloc\u2019s chief noted its support for the United States in the conflict.
\nResponding to US President Donald Trump\u2019s criticism of allies for not supporting the war, Nato boss Mark Rutte told Fox News that hundreds of American planes launched from bases in Italy.
\nTrump\u2019s second term has been marked by tensions with Nato allies, who have voiced skepticism over the need for the conflict in the Middle East.
\n\u201cCountry after country, ally after ally after ally, have made their bases available for Epic Fury,\u201d Rutte told US TV channel Fox News, referring to the US military operation in Iran. \u201cFive hundred US planes took off from US bases in Italy to support Epic Fury,\u201d he said, referring the US name for the operation against Iran. Trump had told Rutte on Wednesday he was \u201clet down\u201d by members of the alliance who did not back his war against Iran.
\nRutte also told Fox News that Romania \u201ccut down on commercial air flights and airplanes because they had to use the airports for the tanker facilities\u201d during the Iran war. Iran\u2019s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei condemned the Nato chief\u2019s admission of \u201cactive complicity\u201d in the \u201cunlawful war\u201d.
\n\u201cThis is a clear and damning admission of Nato\u2019s active complicity in an unlawful war of aggression against a sovereign UN Member State,\u201d Baghaei wrote on X. He accused Nato of \u201ca flagrant violation of peremptory norms of international law and the core principles of the UN Charter\u201d. Italy was quick to distance itself from Rutte\u2019s words, which the defence ministry said gave \u201ca completely misleading message by confusing the type of flights that were authorised\u201d.
\nIt said Italy had allowed only \u201ctechnical and logistical\u201d US flights during Epic Fury under existing agreements with the United States. Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saudi has spoken by phone with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, said the Saudi Foreign Ministry. The pair \u201creviewed the latest developments\u201d in continued US-Iran negotiations \u201cas well as the progress made to implement the agreed understandings\u201d between the two sides, the ministry said in a readout of the call.
\n\u201cThey also discussed regional developments and emphasised the importance of continuing efforts to advance dialogue and diplomatic solutions that serve the shared interests of all countries and peoples of the region,\u201d the ministry said. Some 20 million barrels of crude oil have exited the Strait of Hormuz in the last 24 hours, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said at the Reuters Global Energy Forum in New York.
\nWright blamed Iranian mines in the vital waterway for any delay in a return to normal oil shipping levels, according to Al Jazeera. Meanwhile, Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, has warned that \u201ccontradictory statements\u201d by US officials on the MoU \u201cwill do nothing to reduce the accumulated distrust of Iranians\u201d towards Washington.
\nInstead, they \u201cwill merely serve as a reminder of past breaches of faith\u201d, Baghaei wrote on social media, without specifying which exact statements he was referring to.
\n\u201cThe US ruling establishment must bear in mind that the principle of \u2018commitment for commitment\u2019 requires the fulfilment of reciprocal obligations and the avoidance of interpretations that are entirely at odds with the explicit wording of the memorandum of understanding text,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DNA TEHRAN Tehran said on Thursday that Nato was complicit in the US-Israeli war against Iran, after the bloc\u2019s chief noted its support for the United States in the conflict. Responding to US President Donald Trump\u2019s criticism of allies for not supporting the war, Nato boss Mark Rutte told Fox News that hundreds of American […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-553136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n