politics
March 13, 2026
Italy’s Meloni breaks with Trump over Iran war
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni has criticized the US and Israel for their war on Iran
TL;DR
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticized the US-Israeli war on Iran, calling it outside international law.
- Meloni condemned a deadly strike on an Iranian school, reported by some US media to be caused by a US Tomahawk missile.
- She placed these actions within an "evident crisis of international law and the collapse of a shared world order."
- Meloni's stance contrasts with her close ties to US President Donald Trump, who has dismissed claims about the school strike.
- The war on Iran is unpopular in Italy, and Meloni faces an upcoming judicial reform referendum.
- Opposition leader Matteo Renzi has mocked Meloni's role as a potential bridge between Trump and Europe.
- Other European leaders like Spain's Pedro Sanchez and France's Emmanuel Macron have also criticized the strikes for being conducted outside international law.
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