{"id":28944,"date":"2026-03-31T00:50:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/spain-closes-airspace-to-the-us-military-because-of-the-war-with-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T22:50:50","slug":"spain-closes-airspace-to-the-us-military-because-of-the-war-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/spain-closes-airspace-to-the-us-military-because-of-the-war-with-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain closes airspace to the US military because of the war with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/thumbs_b_c_b6b5b95cbd47e64aa9d5008c910339bf.jpg\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:20px\"><\/p>\n<p>Spanish government officials confirmed that Spain has blocked the US from using its airspace for war-related flights involving Iran, reports Anadolu.<\/p>\n<p>The restrictions also apply to US aircraft stationed in third countries such as the United Kingdom and France, Spanish military sources told the newspaper &#8220;El Pais&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Washington had also considered deploying strategic bombers such as B-52 and B-1 aircraft in bases in the south of Spain, but the proposal was withdrawn after Madrid made it clear that it would not support operations without international legal support, &#8220;El Pais&#8221; added.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Minister Margarita Robles reiterated the government&#8217;s position today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone knows Spain&#8217;s position. The use of the bases is not authorized and certainly the use of Spanish airspace is not authorized for actions related to the war in Iran,&#8221; she said. journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Spain has made a limited exception for emergency situations, allowing planes to transit or land if necessary, El Pais reported.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said the decision is in line with the government&#8217;s stance not to &#8220;do anything&#8221; that could escalate tensions in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>He told broadcaster RAC1 that he is now &#8220;more worried&#8221; than a month ago about the situation, warning that it represents a &#8220;very serious&#8221; military scenario.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At any moment, we could see an exodus of immigrants from Iran to Europe,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Albares added that the government fears the conflict is moving towards a &#8220;permanent war&#8221; scenario.<\/p>\n<p>We use cookies to improve the experience and display ads (Google AdSense).<br \/>\n          By clicking &#8220;Accept&#8221;, you agree to the use of cookies according to<br \/>\n          Privacy Policy<br \/>\n          and<br \/>\n          Cookies Policy.<br \/>\n          You can reject non-necessary cookies by clicking &#8220;Reject&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:30px 0\">\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666\">Source: <strong>prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish government officials confirmed that Spain has blocked the US from using its airspace for war-related flights involving Iran, reports Anadolu. The restrictions also apply to US aircraft stationed in third countries such as the United Kingdom and France, Spanish military sources told the newspaper &#8220;El Pais&#8221;. Washington had also considered deploying strategic bombers such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[666],"class_list":["post-28944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-brief"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28946,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28944\/revisions\/28946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}