Sylvester Stallone criticizes US military intervention in Iran

Fighting in a ring and on a battlefield would not be the same for the man who played the resilient Rocky. During an interview with the Spanish daily El País, Sylvester Stallone answered a question about the United States' military intervention in Iran, carried out since February 28, 2026. The American actor, in a promotional campaign for the publication of his memoir One Step After Another, affirmed that he “hates” war. “It is horrible, because the only ones who are getting rich are those in the military industry, on the backs of poor people who do not earn their living,” he denounced. Before insisting: “I hate the idea of ​​being in Iran! War is only justified if we are attacked. Why are we going there? »

The interpreter of Rocky Balboa compares this military intervention to that of the Vietnam War. “Since Korea, in the early 1950s, we have been going to countries without any valid reason,” he argues. Not only does Sylvester Stallone fear for the lives of civilians, but also for those of American soldiers. “I feel so sorry for them,” regrets the actor. Their lives are broken, and yet they continue to defend the flag. » However, he measures his words, because he does not want to “have problems”. Particularly with its president, Donald Trump, whom he has supported for several years. “I'm just saying I hate wars,” Stallone insists.

Stallone distances himself from Trump

His relationship with the MAGA leader is quite vague. In recent weeks, the actor has, for example, revealed in the media that he never accepted the role of “special advisor” to Donald Trump in Hollywood. “If he had asked me at the beginning, I would have told him it’s not possible,” he told the Sunday Times. We don't show up and tell six studios how to do things. […] Hollywood works and will evolve. It's a business world, and business people won't want to hear me talk to them about finance. […] So I said thank you and goodbye. »

In an interview with Le Figaro, published on September 30, he refused to answer questions about Donald Trump. “I don’t want any questions about Trump,” he said. He has his own way of acting. I have mine. I remember that he was always polite to my children. I will never disrespect him. » In the columns of El País, this week, he leaves doubt. When the journalist asked him about the times he compared the American leader to a “mythological figure” and a “second Washington,” he replied: “Sometimes we say things that perhaps we shouldn’t say. I have changed a lot regarding politics. »