Baghaei said in a post on the social media platform X on Thursday that NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte’s repeated admissions regarding the participation of European countries in the US-Israeli military aggression against Iran confirm once again that Europe has not been neutral in this war.

He said those parties in Europe who provide land, airspace, military bases, and infrastructure for the US-Israeli military aggression cannot evade responsibility for their complicity or the resulting consequences.

The spokesman also criticized Rutte for his nonstop "self-congratulation for serving an illegal war".

He rebuked the NATO chief over his revolting flattery of US President Donald Trump.

Baghaei said Rutte's "sycophancy" does not "reflect strength, it exposes the servile mindset of a fawning courtier who fancies that flattery can erase a king’s contempt."

He added that Rutte's flattery of Trump will never "restore the flatterer’s own self-respect and personal integrity."

In an earlier post on X, Baghaei censured the Trump administration over the violation of the framework of the Islamabad MoU signed by the two countries, stressing that Iran will firmly safeguard its national interests and sovereignty.

Early Thursday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Aerospace Force struck key infrastructure at four American bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in the first phase of its response against the United States’ most recent violations of Iranian territory.

The Corps identified the targeted outposts as Arifjan and Ali Al Salem in Kuwait and Juffair and Sheikh Isa in Bahrain, and noting that the facilities were hit using missiles and drones.

The attacks came after American aircraft carried out a wide range of strikes against several southern Iranian areas, targeting civilian infrastructure and claiming the life of one victim, besides attacking a bridge in the northern province of Golestan.

Also on Wednesday, the IRGC had launched a joint missile and drone operation targeting 85 US military installations at Port Salman, home to the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, and Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, in response to similar US strikes.

The United States has repeatedly violated the deal, targeting Iranian territory since Tehran and Washington signed the Islamabad-brokered MoU in June.

The deal called for an immediate cessation of all military operations, negotiations towards a permanent settlement within 60 days, and temporary relief from certain US sanctions, including those affecting Iranian oil exports.

Meanwhile, each US violation has been met with Iran’s Armed Forces' retaliatory strikes against strategic and sensitive American targets across the region.