cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/7654442
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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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For someone complaining about no arguments and whataboutism, those two things seem to be the entire basis of your comment here.
What's happening is Trump wanted to use Spain as a launch point for the Iran conflict, Spain refused, Trump threw a tantrum about it, and now we're seeing articles and talking points trying to malign Spain as if they're in the wrong here.
Whether Sanchez is a hypocrite or not, that doesn't equate to their refusal to join in this absurd conflict being the wrong decision. Whether Iran mistreats their citizens or not, that doesn't justify the US bombing them and causing chaos.
You and the article's author here are conflating many separate issues in an attempt to manufacture consent for bombing and invading Iran, to legitimize it after the fact and silence the critics with some sort of warped moral superiority.