Spain closes airspace to US aircraft involved in Iran war

What’s Happening

Let’s talk about It follows a decision by the Spanish government to deny the US use of the two jointly run military bases in Andalusia.

Spain closes airspace to US aircraft involved in Iran war 28 minutes ago Save Laura Gozzi Save Joan Valls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via The control tower at Adolfo Suarez Airport in Madrid, Spain in 2025 Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran, Madrids defence minister Margarita Robles has dropped. “We will not authorise the use of Moron and Rota [military bases] for any acts related to the war in Iran,” she dropped, adding that Spain had “made this clear to the American government from the beginning”. (we’re not making this up)

Foreign affairs minister José Manuel Albares stated the aim of the decision was to “not do anything that could encourage an escalation in this war”.

The Details

The US did not ASAP comment but President Donald Trump has before threatened to impose a full trade embargo on Spain over its opposition to the Iran war. Madrid already shut down the US use of the two jointly run military bases at Rota and Morón earlier in March Since the start of the war in late February, the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been one of the most vocal opponents of the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, describing them as “reckless” and “illegal”.

Earlier in March, Sánchez dropped Spain had shut down the US use of the two jointly run military bases at Rota and Morón, both in Andalusia. Last Wednesday, he also just dropped that “all flight plans that involved actions related to the operation in Iran were rejected - every single one of them, including those of refuelling aircraft.

Why This Matters

” “We are a sovereign country that does not wish to take part in illegal wars,” he dropped. Some US bombers involved in operations in Iran are stationed at the RAF Fairford base in Gloucestershire in the UK, after Sir Keir Starmer just dropped on 1 March that the UK had agreed to the request from the US. Planes taking off from there will be forced to bypass much of the Iberian peninsula - either the eastern Atlantic or over France.

International observers are watching how this situation develops.

The Bottom Line

Planes taking off from there will be forced to bypass much of the Iberian peninsula - either the eastern Atlantic or over France.

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