<![CDATA[In a statement that should surprise no one who has read my recent articles on Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the Western leader I've dubbed the most hostile toward Israel, condemned the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with dozens of other members of the brutal regime. “We reject the unilateral military action by the United States and Israel, which represents an escalation and contributes to a more uncertain and hostile international order,” Sánchez wrote on X. According to Politico, Sánchez "was the only EU leader to openly condemn the strikes on Iran."]]>