US tanker aircraft leave Bulgaria after Iran tensions

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Two U.S. tanker aircraft have left Bulgaria's Bezmer air base, the country's defence minister said Saturday, nearly a month after their deployment angered Iran. The planes departed on Friday. The U.S., at war with Iran since February 28, requested the temporary deployment under a joint-use agreement. Iran called it complicity in "aggression and war crimes," a charge Sofia dismissed. Bulgaria's parliament approved the deployment on July 22. Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said all flights were training missions over allied countries, with no direct threats to Bulgarian security. Nearby residents had protested, fearing attacks by Iranian missiles and drones.


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