Iran’s ambassador in London has warned the UK to “be very careful” about getting further involved in the Middle East conflict, saying Iran would defend itself if Britain joined US and Israeli attacks
Iran’s ambassador in London has issued a chilling warning to the UK to be “very careful” about becoming further involved in the war. Seyed Ali Mousavi said Iran would have a “right to self-defence” if Britain directly joined US and Israeli attacks on Iran.
And he warned his country expected the British government and others to be “need to be very delicate, very careful” in their actions.
The UK has allowed the US to use its air bases for what ministers said were defensive strikes on Iranian facilities, but so far has not taken part in any direct attacks itself.
Mousavi said it was “good” that the UK was not “involved with this aggression” and suggested the government had learned lessons from the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
But despite Iran’s president apologising to Gulf neighbours for recent missile strikes, Mousavi made it clear that Iran would keep attacking US bases if strikes on Iran continued
Speaking to the BBC, he further warned that “if facilities or properties or bases are used against the Iranian nation”, they would become “legitimate targets”.
His comments come as Gulf states including Qatar and the UAE were struck by Iranian missiles. But he insisted there was “willingness from the Iranian side not to strike, not to attack our neighbours.”
Howver, said Iran would keep targeting any military bases in the region if they were used against it, adding: “If the aggression continues there is no doubt we will defend ourselves.
“And if they want to use these military bases, although we don’t want to do that, there is no doubt we will defend ourselves accordingly.”
The US and Israel have carried intense air strikes on Iran over the past week, targetting missile sites, nuclear facilities and even killing the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK would not get involved but eventually allowed the US to use British military bases for “defensive strikes” against Iran.
The US military’s heaviest bombers arrived at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on Friday night as Donald Trump geared up for what he called “the big one”, a mega missile blitz he hoped will pound Iran into “unconditional surrender”.
On March 1, the British base RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus was hit by a suspected drone. The attack caused minor damage but raised concerns about British involvement. As a result, Mousavi was called in by the Foreign Office March 4.
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