Overview
- Presidential spokesperson Javier Lanari told El Mundo that Argentina would provide whatever assistance Washington requests, including troops, while noting no formal U.S. request has been made.
- Foreign minister Pablo Quirno said Argentina knows which side it will take and will accompany the United States as needed, yet he declined to confirm concrete steps and called naval deployment talk a rumor.
- Iran’s state-linked Tehran Times condemned Argentina’s stance as crossing an “unforgivable red line” and urged a proportional response in an editorial.
- The position reflects Javier Milei’s tighter alignment with the United States and Israel, including moves like leaving the World Health Organization and reclassifying Iran as an enemy, against a backdrop of long-standing tensions after the 1994 AMIA bombing.
- The announcement comes as opposition lawmakers press for a parliamentary probe into the “Libra” cryptocurrency case, following reports of an alleged $5 million arrangement involving Milei and his sister that the president has not addressed publicly.