Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Thursday that he has told his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi that Italy did not allow its bases to be used by American forces for combat operations after NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte sparked controversy by saying some 500 US flights took off from them during the Iran war.     The Italian defence ministry said Rutte's comments were misleading as it only authorized the bases to be used for ordinary logistic operations and it denied

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