Feijóo now positions himself with Trump and Netanyahu after calling for "restraint" and "avoiding an escalation" in Iran: "The world is better when a tyrant falls"

The president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has hardened his discourse on the crisis in Iran and has defended that Spain must position itself “without nuances” alongside liberal democracies against what he considers a “regime of repression”. “The world is better when a tyrant falls,” he affirmed.

After the attack by the United States and Israel against Iran and Tehran's subsequent response, the popular leader has stated in a message published on the social network X that the international order “suffers” before a regime that, in his opinion, uses “terror and destabilization as instruments of foreign policy”.

Feijóo maintains that global security requires “responsibility and clear limits” against those who put it at risk. In that sense, he has appealed to the “moral clarity” of Europe to distinguish “who threatens freedom and who defends it” and has demanded a firm position alongside democracies, avoiding —as he has said— “ambiguous formulas” that dilute responsibilities.

The popular leader has also criticized the Government by stating that “something is wrong when Hamas, the Houthis and the Iranian regime applaud the Executive,” a situation that, in his opinion, does not defend Spain's interests.

Nevertheless, Feijóo has reiterated that the defense of human rights must permanently guide Spanish foreign policy, “without exceptions or tactical calculations.” At the same time, he has advocated for working in favor of containment, promoting negotiated solutions and avoiding an escalation of the conflict, but —he emphasized— without renouncing principles.