The war’s diplomatic shockwaves continued to spread. Spain announced it is closing its airspace to aircraft involved in the Iran conflict, forcing military planes to reroute — a significant logistical complication for any operations staged from European bases.
In Islamabad, President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held urgent national security consultations, joined by Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi. The meeting followed a quadrilateral ministerial summit involving Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt — four major Muslim-majority nations seeking to broker “an early and permanent end” to the conflict. The foreign ministers of all three visiting nations also met separately with PM Shehbaz, underscoring the gravity of the moment.
Meanwhile, Norway’s Dagbladet reported on Trump’s repeated threats, reflecting growing European unease at the escalation.