Iran Launches Missiles with Stickers Thanking Spanish PM

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles toward Israeli targets on Sunday, affixing stickers to the weapons that featured a portrait of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez alongside a message thanking him for condemning the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran as illegal and inhuman.

The stickers, displayed in footage released by Iranian state media, read in both English and Farsi: "We praise the Spanish minister who calls this war illegal. We say not only is this war illegal, it is also inhuman. Thank you, Prime Minister." The launch marked what Iranian officials described as the 75th wave of retaliatory strikes since the conflict began on February 28. The action highlighted Iran's use of propaganda on munitions, a practice that has included inscribed slogans vowing continued attacks until the last American soldier leaves the Middle East and other symbolic references.

Sánchez made the remarks last Thursday in Brussels ahead of a European Union summit, where he stated that Spain "has condemned the war from the very first moment" and viewed the U.S. and Israeli operations as illegal. He emphasized the conflict's harm to civilians, its role in...