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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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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.