Medellín, Colombia — Following the bombing of Iran by United States and Israeli forces on Saturday, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said that Donald Trump had “made a mistake.”
Writing on X, Petro said he believed that Trump “had made a mistake today” and that “peace and life are the foundations of existence.”
The Latin American leader, who met with Trump in Washington earlier this month to cool tensions after the US president threatened to remove Petro from office by force, also called on the United Nations to “convene immediately and declare that it is time for world peace.”
“Nuclear weapons must not proliferate, and all existing weapons must be destroyed,” he added.
Early Saturday morning, Trump announced that “massive and ongoing” military operations were underway in Iran following a large buildup of US military in the region over the past weeks.
Dozens of missile strikes reportedly targeted military installations across Iran, as well as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps headquarters and the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The strikes prompted retaliatory attacks by Iran on Israel and Middle East countries where the US has military installations including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Spanish news agency EFE reported that Iran’s Foreign Ministry said over 50 girls were killed in an Israeli strike on a primary school in Southern Iran.
Colombia’s Petro lamented on X, “more children killed by missiles”.
The leftist president’s comments are more tempered than they have been in the past regarding US military action in the Middle East.
Following US strikes on Iran’s nuclear weapons infrastructure in June, Petro said “Iran is not developing nuclear weapons” and that the attacks had “ignited the Middle East.”
In September, the US revoked Petro’s visa after he took to the streets of New York with a bullhorn to call on the military to “disobey Trump’s orders” and “obey the orders of humanity.”
He called on the United Nations to convene a military larger than that of the US for the “salvation of the world” and its first task would be to “free Palestine.”
Elsewhere in Latin America, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel — who is also on the receiving end of Trump’s threats of military intervention — said that the attacks on Iran “constitute a flagrant violation of International Law and the UN Charter” and the “international community must act immediately to halt this aggression and prevent an escalation.”
Brazil’s Foreign Ministry also condemned the attacks, stating: “The Brazilian government condemns and expresses grave concern regarding the attacks carried out today (February 28th) by the United States and Israel against targets in Iran. The attacks occurred amidst ongoing negotiations between the parties, which is the only viable path to peace, a position traditionally defended by Brazil in the region.”
Meanwhile, Argentina’s presidency issued a statement saying it was raising the threat level to high and tightening security around critical infrastructure, the borders, as well as Jewish community centers.
Featured image: Skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026.
Image credit: Vahid Salemi via AP
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