Two US tanker aircraft leave Bulgaria a month after deployment upset Iran
The aircraft were deployed for training missions, and Bulgaria said it had no direct security threat information as tensions with Iran remained high.
- On Saturday, Bulgarian Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov confirmed that two U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft departed Bezmer Air Base, ending a nearly month-long deployment that had angered Iran.
- Bulgaria's parliament approved the temporary stationing on July 22, prompting local protests from residents who feared the base could be targeted by Iranian missiles and drones. The United States requested the deployment under an agreement governing joint military facility use.
- Stoyanov said the flights were training missions, noting Bulgaria had "no information about direct threats to our national security." Iran labeled the deployment complicity in "aggression and war crimes," a charge Sofia dismissed.
- The withdrawal follows reports that Iran considered targeting U.S. assets in Bulgaria and Cyprus if tensions escalated. Stoyanov emphasized the government coordinated fully with Washington throughout the process.
- As the U.S. and Iran remain in conflict, President Donald Trump has promised "unprecedented" new economic measures alongside a naval blockade. Iran's leadership warns of "revolutionary, crushing, regrettable and destructive responses" to any perceived military threat.
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