Iran Threatens UK Over US Military Support

Iran has issued a stern warning to the United Kingdom regarding the consequences of allowing the United States to use British airbases to launch attacks on Iranian territory. The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed that any country facilitating or involved in military aggression against Tehran’s sovereignty must be prepared to bear the legal and security consequences. “Iran is fully committed to defending its sovereignty, territorial integrity, national interests, and security from all forms of aggression. Any country that becomes a party to military aggression against Iran will be responsible for the consequences,” read an official statement from the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday (23/7). Tehran strongly condemned London’s stance and assessed that the policy giving the green light for US fighter jet operations at British bases violated the United Nations Charter. A previous Bloomberg report revealed that the British Prime Minister permitted the US military to utilise British airbases to support actions Washington claimed as “defensive strikes” against Iran. The situation in the Middle East has heated up again after a ceasefire agreed upon on 18 June collapsed. US forces under Central Command (CENTCOM) resumed bombarding several areas in Iran. CENTCOM claimed the military operations were in retaliation for Iranian actions targeting commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. In response, Iran launched counterattacks on various US military bases in the Middle East. This escalation prompted US authorities to declare that the conflict cessation agreement between the two countries had officially ended.