Tehran says allowing American tanker aircraft on Bulgarian soil would make Sofia complicit in attacks as deployment awaits parliamentary approval.
(July 22, 2026 / JNS) Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman warned Bulgaria on Tuesday not to allow the U.S. to use the European country’s territory for military operations against Iran.
Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said any activity that facilitates U.S. attacks on Iran would amount to complicity in what he described as “aggression and war crimes”, according to Iranian state media quoted by Reuters.
The warning follows word from the Bulgarian government that it would seek parliamentary approval to station up to eight U.S. tanker aircraft at an air base in Bulgaria, a member of NATO and the European Union.
