The Spanish government is not neutral in the Iran war. Its sales of weapons and dual-use technology to the Iranian regime and its actions to help it circumvent sanctions since 2019 reflect anything but neutrality.
Sánchez has become the favorite leader of terrorist groups and communist dictatorships. The fact of receiving congratulations from Hamas, Hezbollah, the Cuban dictatorship and the Iranian regime is proof that he is not on the right side of history, but rather seeking the applause of the global ultra-left.
The expulsion of the Israeli ambassador has no justification. Excusing that the Spanish government has received “serious insults and slander” is childish and hypocritical. Childish because it is not true; and hypocritical because the government of Spain itself has slandered that of Israel on so many occasions that they do not fit into this article. Suffice it to remember the continued use of the term “genocidal state,” which goes far beyond criticism of a government. Even Hamas has published in its own annual report, which it has, figures that deny the accusation of genocide. And, of course, speaking of a “genocidal state” is an intolerable insult, even worse than calling Spain a “corrupt and terrorist state” due to recent cases and its financing, via “humanitarian aid”, of organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
Sánchez did the same with President Milei in Argentina. It is especially hypocritical that the government has not taken any action regarding Iranian diplomatic representation after the massacre of 36,000 people in protests, the financing of jihadist terrorism, the annual execution of at least fifteen women and homosexuals, the declaration of war on all its Gulf neighbors and the failure to comply with its nuclear non-proliferation obligations. These are insults and attacks on international law. Sánchez and his media do not stop buying all the false figures and arguments of jihadist terrorism and the Iranian dictatorship and remain silent about the use of human shields, attacks on civilians in their territory, their neighbors from Oman and the Emirates to Israel. The hospitals and schools that attack from around the Iranian regime do not count.
The United States is the largest supplier of crude oil (15.2% of the total) and natural gas to Spain (39%).
Sánchez, as always, uses his ministers with only one objective: that which benefits him personally. Some ministers send messages of cooperation and normality, while others agitate a false pacifism that is not neutral and that, of course, is cowardly in the face of communist dictatorships and terrorist states.
For Spain, this is a new problem that is going to cost us a lot. When in a few months they tell you that nothing has happened – and they will – do not forget the loss of opportunities and potential investment. Spain is greatly harmed in technology, security and investment attraction with the government’s confrontation with Israel.
The government boasts that the impact of hostilities with Israel is small because it does not pay for it, and ignores the contagion and domino effect. In trade in goods, an additional drop of 20-30% on an export flow of 2,000 million annually represents a cost of up to 600 million a year in lost Spanish sales, which especially affect the automotive, ceramics, plastics, chemicals and agri-food sector, which would stop selling to a very profitable market.
In tourism, the government hopes to benefit from the flow of tourists who stop going to the Emirates, Jordan or Oman, but ignores the loss of attractiveness in the medium term for segments with high purchasing power, although the macro impact seems marginal.
In defense and dual use, the government has already inflicted irreparable damage on Spain by blocking 219 export and import licenses since October 2023. In addition, it has used that excuse to expand technological dependence on China.
Hostilities with Israel cost Spanish companies 600 million euros a year
The false “no to war” and the posturing of winks to the ultra-left can have a very important impact on the supply of natural gas, which has already led to more expensive prices after the diplomatic conflict with Algeria in 2022. Sánchez’s supposed “energy miracle”, given his own irresponsibility, has only benefited Russia. In February 2026, Spain was the fourth largest importer of Russian liquefied natural gas, according to CREA. Its 2017-2025 trade report shows that liquefied natural gas (LNG) continues to represent more than 70% of the value of Spanish imports from Russia in 2025.
The United States is the largest supplier of crude oil (15.2% of the total) and natural gas to Spain (39%). With the war in Ukraine, the United States has been our country’s lifeline, avoiding supply cuts and even greater risks. With the expansion of US LNG, Spain has increased its dependence on the US, which already provides around 40% of the gas in some months. Undertaking a constant attack against the US administration, in addition to isolating ourselves from our partners, poses a serious risk: in the best of cases, higher prices; at worst, supply problems and even greater dependence on Russia. Anyone who believes that this can be solved only with solar and wind power does not know the reality.
The worrying thing is that the trend is always the same. Have you realized that Sánchez’s political irresponsibility always directly or indirectly benefits communist dictatorships, perpetuates them, strengthens China or Russia and weakens NATO and the EU?
Sánchez creates diplomatic conflicts to present himself as a kind of anti-system leader while taking advantage of the same system he attacks. Curiously, his phrase “you can be against a regime like Iran and against the war” is always violated in the same way: by whitewashing and maintaining a friendly and silent position towards the communist dictatorships and the Iranian regime. Its neutrality is surprisingly biased.
In a few months they will tell us that nothing has happened and that Spain is going “like a rocket” simply because they will once again throw in public spending and debt, as always. What they won’t tell you is that we are missing out on multi-billion dollar opportunities by aligning the country against our Western partners. You will say that I am not neutral. Of course not. There is no neutrality between the Iranian regime and Israel; between the nuclear threat and its elimination; between the United States and a dictatorship of social control. Spain knows that Sánchez is not neutral, but it is even worse, because his bias always leans towards the whitewashing of liberticidal regimes. That is why his appeal to international law, human rights and democracy is so hypocritical.