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The Iranian regime executes women and homosexuals, finances global terrorism, and has breached its obligations under nuclear non-proliferation agreements.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has issued two resolutions condemning Iran, stating that cooperation from the Iranian regime is non-existent and that it is impossible to verify that the nuclear programme has exclusively peaceful purposes.
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The Iranian regime has been, for decades, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism through the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and its Quds Force.
Terrorist actions promoted by the Iranian regime in recent years extend from Argentina to Bahrain, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, and Syria.
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In recent weeks, the regime’s campaign of repression has caused, according to independent medical organisations, the deaths of more than 32,000 Iranians, in addition to the detention, torture, and execution of dissidents and their families, the blocking of the internet, and the suppression of any independent information.
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Part of the left selectively appeals to “international law” and the UN Charter, using them as a moral alibi to avoid assuming the political cost of confronting regimes like Iran’s.
That reading systematically ignores the regime’s own prior actions, from financing terrorist groups to direct attacks with drones and missiles.
Have they not noticed how they only remember international law and human rights when doing so allows totalitarian dictatorships to remain in power?
Sánchez states, in a paternalistic tone, that “one can be against an odious regime like Iran’s and against an unjustified attack,” but his actions show otherwise.
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Between 2018 and 2024, the government authorised millions in exports to Iran of “dual-use” material (civilian and military), according to official trade data.
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Presenting the Islamic Republic as a passive actor that “has not attacked anyone” is an insult to intelligence
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[Spain’s PM Pedro] Sánchez’s position consists of always being very tough on democracies and Western partners and very soft on terrorist dictatorships.
He only remembers international law and human rights when doing so allows him to perpetuate and whitewash dictatorships.
Sánchez has received congratulations from Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, the Iranian regime, the Cuban dictatorship, the Chavista regime, and all the world’s communist leaders. He has become the favourite leader of terrorists and totalitarians.
The position of the Spanish Government is neither neutral nor pacifist; it is a mixture of selective legalism and ideological calculation that leaves us worse positioned before our partners, weakens our security, and puts investment and economic growth at risk.
When an administration that has authorised sales of sensitive material to Iran claims a monopoly on “international law” to wash its hands of the response to that same regime, it is not on the right side of history but on the cowardly side of political marketing at the expense of national interest.
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Saying no to war is a luxury when you are protected by NATO, the United States, and Israel, and your neighbours are countries like France or Portugal
United states, member of NATO, launches illegal war. NATO is a defense alliance. If being protected by NATO means obligation to support wars started by it’s members, then it’s not a defense alliance but a global terror organization.
And we are not protected by Israel. That’s hilarious. Israel exists only because of European and US aid and their will to ignore and even help with their wars and a genocide.
Terms like Terms like “odious regime,” “terrorist dictatorships,” “whitewash,” and “insult to intelligence” used in this article, just show there is a clear agenda by the writter of the article and that the article is not meant to be an analysis but a hit piece on Spain / Sanches
Given the political affiliations of the author that isn’t exactly surprising.
Ah, so yet another US “privatise it all, break down trust in democracy, then establish police state” person who also plagiarises.
If you are going to leave this up, then I will just hit the checkmark on the report someone in this comments section made.
Still post is pretty borderline. Like if we delete obvious pro-China or pro-Russia propaganda, I believe pro-Trumpist USA propaganda should be treated the same way. But since it is your comm, it’s your call.
The article is shit, but I kinda agree that the Spanish government is hypocritical in this situation, but mostly for other reasons than the article states.
Anyways, this post gathered some reasonable discussion about the topic and I don’t think people will get the wrong impression that this article is something we endorse here.
Sanchez is (rightfully) criticizing the US war on Iran citing human rights and the rule of law here while he has apparently no problem to actively seek cooperation with dictatorships, which often even undermines European security. For example, he has no problem cooperating with China in complete disregard of Beijing’s decades long rights violations and crimes against humanity. It’s deeply hypocritical.
You know, who also does lots crimes against humanity? The US. They are really good at it. Doesn’t matter who is at power Democrat or Republican. & you know what is really hypocritical? Saying China is bad while supporting the US.
Newsflash to you: on the neo imperialistic stage there is no good or evil. It’s just evil vs evil. Condeming when one side that crosses the line by being super evil is actually not something to critize.
Also if you want to talk about Europes interest, you should also start talking how this war just fucks Europe over. In more than just one way. It starts with the imediate ones: Oil and gas prices, the inflagion caused by it and goes over to the floods of refugees that will follow.
Let me ask you one question: why support this war? It’s clear there won’t be regime change and that it won’t be over fast. It was clear from the begining and is now even clearer. You who supports the US’s actions tell me why this war?
And don’t try to argue with yeah, “but the Iranian goverment evil. They did over 30k people dirty”. Today Unicef published a paper explaining that since the war startet over 700k lebanese people had to leave their homes due to the attacks by Israel and the US, 200k of which were children. Do you see what this “peace” looks like? Explain these 200k kids, why tomorrow they can’t go to play with their friends. Can you do that?
Whataboutism? The US, Russia, North Korea, and many others are also committing terrible crimes.
But all this doesn’t heal Sanchez’s double standards regarding Iran while at the same time cooperating with dictatorships like China. This is about Spain and his PM.
Well, your argument is literally: What about China? So yeah I would agree on the whataboutism
You are the one doing whataboutism. The article you shared on at least 3 fedderations is doing whataboutism. You can’t even build and argument withou fallin in whataboutism and cry whataboutism when confronted with that fact.
In a vacuum, critizing the US for this idiotic war is the right move. There is nothing to add to it.
You can critize Sanches and his goverment on other policies and what not but this is clearly the wrong hill to die on.
That’s a lot of text to somehow construct an equivalent of “they broke the law, so I can also break any law” as morally right.
Nothing is hypocritical; a warmongering fascist nation declaring war against another country, that is the problem.
Spain takes an ethical stance in that regard.
It is deeply hypocritical. You can’t collaborate with Iran, China, and other dictatorships and then speak of human rights. Sanchez seeks to distract from his own troubles - a series of corruption scandals, the recent train crashes, his Socialist party’s lost regional elections of late.
You haven’t replied to whether it is hypocritical to oppose a fascist warmongerer invade a country.
Edit: I looked into OP’s user history, and it’s giving me astroturfing vibes. Blocked them.
Then read my comment again. It is hypocritical to oppose one human rights violation like the war in Iran, but then collaborate with a dictatorship like China that is committing crimes against humanity on a large scale.
So you would prefer Spain to not oppose a human right violation, like bombing a girls school in a foreign country.
You don’t refer to my comment.
It is hypocritical to oppose one human rights violation like the war in Iran, but then collaborate with a dictatorship like China that is committing crimes against humanity on a large scale.
No, I am. I think it would be far worse to collaborate with the US and Israel the in commiting crimes against humanity on a large scale.
Spain’s position is easy to explain, Sanchez depends on far-left parties to keep his government. It’s that simple. Plus, it’s just words without any relevant action. Oh right, the US army can’t use bases it was not intending to use anyway… Thoughts and prayers.
