Iran slams Italy’s ‘technical support’ for US-Israeli aggression as ‘clear’ complicity

Iran says Italy’s so-called technical and logistical support for the recent US-Israeli war of aggression against the Islamic Republic amounts to a “clear and direct” role in the illegal military assault.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei made the remarks in an X post on Saturday after NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte revealed Italy’s “massive” backing for the war on Iran, saying the country allowed “500 US planes” to take off from its bases.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who had previously denied her country’s involvement in the unlawful war, claimed that Rome never participated in the aggression, but only provided “technical and logistical” support to the US army.

“This is a glaring contradiction and a fallacious argument aimed at evading responsibility for complicity in a grave internationally wrongful act: publicly denying any aid or assistance to the aggressors, while openly acknowledging the ‘technical and logistical’ support that enabled and facilitated the unlawful American-Israeli war of aggression against Iran,” Baghaei said.

“Providing 'technical and logistical' support to the aggressors constitutes nothing less than a clear and direct contribution to the commission of an illegal war of choice — a blatant act of aggression and a serious violation of international law.”

Italy’s opposition parties are now demanding that Meloni appear in parliament to clarify the European country’s complicity in the terrorist war on Iran.

Angelo Bonelli, leader of the left-wing party Green and Left Alliance, said Rutte’s disclosure exposed “Meloni’s lies”.

“The Italian government lied to parliament at the time, keeping 500 American flights hidden,” he added. “The fact is that Italy participated in the war against Iran, a crazy war . . . the severity of this matter is without precedent.”

The unprovoked US-Israeli aggression on Iran began on February 28 with airstrikes that assassinated senior Iranian officials and commanders.

On April 8, forty days later, however, Iran's brave resistance and successful retaliatory operations, as well as its powerful grip on the Strait of Hormuz, forced the enemies to accept a ceasefire.

On July 17, Tehran and Washington signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which calls for a permanent end to hostilities across all fronts and includes a commitment from both countries to hold further talks on a final agreement in the next 60 days.

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