Spain has condemned US President Donald Trump's reported request that the Pentagon review Britain's claim to the Falkland Islands (a South Atlantic archipelago administered by the UK but also claimed by Argentina), which emerged as a potential pressure tactic over Britain's stance on Iran. Legal analysts emphasise that under post-war international decolonisation law, Britain is not the outright owner of the islands but their "administering power," with the right to self-determination resting solely with the islanders themselves — who voted overwhelmingly to retain ties with Britain in a 2013 referendum. The episode has reignited debate over the islands' status, with historians also pointing out that Argentina formally relinquished its dispute with Britain through a bilateral peace treaty in 1850, casting further doubt on the legal basis of any US-backed reassessment.