Spain has denied the US permission to use jointly operated military bases on its territory to attack Iran as Madrid stepped up its criticism of the “unjustified and dangerous military intervention”.

Axar.az reports, citing The Guardian, Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, has explicitly condemned the US and Israel’s “unilateral military action” against Iran, warning that it is contributing to “a more hostile and uncertain international order”.

The rebukes have been reinforced by his government’s refusal to allow the US to use bases in Rota and Moron for the continuing strikes against Iran.

Jose Manuel Albares, Spain’s foreign minister, said on Monday that while the government wanted “democracy, freedom and fundamental rights for the Iranian people”, it would on no account allow its bases to be used in the ongoing military action.