When American and Israeli strikes hit Iranian military targets in March 2026, most European governments offered polite words of concern and quickly moved on. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez went much further. He loudly declared “No to war,” shut Spanish airspace to American military flights, barred the U.S. from using the Rota naval base and Morón air base, recalled diplomats, and turned Spain into Europe’s most strident opponent of the campaign against Iran — a campaign he has repeatedly branded “an illegal, absurd and cruel war.”

Behind the rhetoric lies a troubling record of material support. According to official figures from Spain’s Secretary of State for Trade, Sánchez’s government green-lit $1.54 million worth of dual-use exports to Iran in 2024 and the first half of 2025. The list included detonators, explosives (types A, B, and E), chemical reagents, control software, and high-precision machine tools — CNC lathes, milling machines, and machining centers. Ironically, almost 70% of these items were delivered to state-linked or government-owned........

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