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Iran’s judiciary chief Gholam Hosseini Mohseni Ejehei warned that anyone supporting the U.S.-Israeli airstrike campaign against Iran would face consequences under wartime laws.
Speaking on state television, Ejehei said, “Those who say or do anything in line with the will of America and the Zionist regime are on the enemy’s side and must be dealt with on revolutionary, Islamic principles and in accordance with the time of war.”
His remarks raised the possibility that detained individuals could face death penalty charges, as cooperating with an enemy during wartime can carry execution if convicted.
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Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi also criticized U.S. President Donald Trump as the airstrike campaign continued.
Araghchi said Trump had “betrayed diplomacy and Americans who elected him.”
“When complex nuclear negotiations are treated like a real estate transaction, and when big lies cloud realities, unrealistic expectations can never be met,” he wrote on X.
“The outcome? Bombing the negotiation table out of spite.”
The war began Saturday after Israel launched an airstrike that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The U.S. and Iran had held three rounds of nuclear negotiations before the conflict began, but no agreement had been reached.
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez also criticized the escalation and rejected allowing U.S. planes to use Spanish bases for strikes on Iran.
In a televised address, Sanchez said the Spanish government’s position could be summarized as “no to war.”
“We will not be complicit in something that is harmful to the world and contrary to our values and interests, simply out of fear of retaliation,” he said.
“This is how humanity’s great disasters start. You cannot play Russian roulette with the destiny of millions,” Sanchez said.
His comments came a day after Trump threatened to sever all trade with Spain.
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