We invited the Iranian ambassador to a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and we hope that he will meet with the director of the “Middle East“ directorate, at which we will once again clearly clarify the commitments we have made through the note in question, he told "Nova TV" Acting Foreign Minister Nadezhda Neynski.
Here is Iran's note to Bulgaria:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran expresses its respects to the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Tehran and has the following to announce: The aggressor regime of America and the usurper regime of (here it is not read, but it is clearly referring to the state of Israel)… attacked the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 28, 2026, in violation of the basic principles and rules of international law…
Unfortunately, despite the statements of the Bulgarian authorities…that the deployment of a number of fuel tanker aircraft, military transport aircraft and transport aircraft at Sofia International Airport (“Vasil Levski“ airport) and the adjacent “Vrazhdebna“ airbase is in support of a planned military exercise involving the presence of the US Air Force at Sofia Airport, according to available information at Sofia Airport, Bulgaria, 12 US tanker aircraft are stationed…which are used to support and refuel US bombers in the joint US-Zionist aggression against the Republic of Iran.
According to observations by the relevant authorities… US KS-135 refueling aircraft are passing from north to south of the Aegean Sea and back… after crossing the Aegean Sea they join the bombers…according to the information received, B-1 bombers, during their attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran, also carry out their aerial refueling via the aircraft currently stationed at Sofia Airport in Bulgaria.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, expressing its categorical and firm protest against the deployment of American refueling aircraft on the territory of Bulgaria and their use to support American air strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran, emphasizes the exercise of the inherent right of self-defense, as provided for in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. The Islamic Republic of Iran reserves the right to take all necessary measures to protect its sovereignty, security and national interests, in accordance with international law.“