Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman warned Bulgaria on Tuesday not to allow ​the U.S. to use the European country’s territory ‌for military operations against Iran.

Ministry ​spokesman Esmail Baghaei said any activity that facilitates U.S. attacks on Iran would amount to ​complicity in what he described as “aggression ​and war crimes”, according to Iranian state media quoted by Reuters.

The warning follows word from the Bulgarian government that it would seek parliamentary approval to station ​up to eight U.S. tanker ​aircraft at an air base in Bulgaria, a ​member of NATO and the European Union.

Baghaei urged ‌Bulgaria ⁠not to become “an accomplice of aggressors and lawbreakers”, they said. The tanker aircraft are mainly used for airborne refuelling of ​other aircraft, including during strikes.

Bulgaria’s ​government ⁠aims to station the U.S. aircraft at the Bezmer military ​facility, about 260 km (160 miles) ​southeast ⁠of the capital Sofia.

The U.S. and Iran have intensified strikes since an interim ceasefire ⁠deal ​signed a month ago ​unraveled, raising the possibility of a return to all-out ​war.

Bulgaria’s government has called for hostilities involving Iran to end. It has not announced a decision to host U.S. military aircraft amid an internal debate on the issue.

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