Diplomatic clashes between the governments of Spain and Israel continue to occur with increasing frequency. The latest took place this Thursday, when the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, announced that the Government had decided to immediately reopen the Embassy in Tehran. The response from his Israeli counterpart was swift.
Gideon Saar, in a message posted on social media, said that “the Iranian terrorist regime is once again executing its own citizens: protesters and political opponents. Spain reopens its embassy in Tehran. They walk hand in hand. Without shame. For eternal shame.”
The Spanish minister avoided responding to Saar, which could have led to an endless escalation, and argued that this decision is part of Spain’s “support for the effort for peace” in the Middle East, and has been adopted “given the new situation” created after the fragile two-week truce agreed between Washington and Tehran, about which doubts still linger.
In any case, the minister specified that he has already instructed Ambassador Antonio Sánchez-Benedito Gaspar “to take charge again and reopen the Embassy of Spain in Tehran”.
The Spanish Embassy in Tehran was temporarily closed and its staff evacuated on March 7, in response to the increase in tension and military escalation in the Middle East following the joint offensive launched by the United States and Israel against Iran.
