Italy's Meloni rejects Rutte claims of ‘massive’ Italian support for Iran war

Italy's Meloni rejects Rutte claims of ‘massive’ Italian support for Iran war Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 06/26/2026 - 12:15 Nato's secretary general said '500 US planes' had taken off from Italian bases during the US-Israeli war on Iran Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Italy, 7 May 2026 (Reuters/Remo Casilli) Off Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has rejected comments by Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte that Rome allowed US aircraft to use Italian air bases during the war on