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An Iranian assault on US navy bases might draw the UK into the battle

By Editorial Board Published June 22, 2025 6 Min Read
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An Iranian assault on US navy bases might draw the UK into the battle

After I received to Chequers on Sunday morning the prime minister had clearly been up for a lot of the night time and hitting the telephones all morning with calls to fellow leaders in Europe and the Center East as he and others scrambled to attempt to include a really harmful scenario. 

His major message on Sunday was to attempt to reassure the general public that the UK authorities was working to stabilise the area as greatest it might and press for a return to diplomacy.

However what struck me in our quick interview was not what he did say however what he did not – what he could not – say in regards to the US strikes.

It was clear from his swerve on the query of whether or not the UK supported the strikes that the prime minister neither wished to endorse US strikes nor overtly criticise President Trump.

As an alternative, his was a type of phrases – repeated later in a joint assertion of the E3 (the UK, Germany and France) to acknowledge the US strikes and reiterate the place they will agree: the necessity to stop Iran having a nuclear weapon.

He additionally did not need to interact within the very apparent commentary that President Trump merely is not listening to Sir Keir Starmer or different allies, who had been very publicly urgent for de-escalation all week, from the G7 summit in Canada to this weekend as European international locations convened talks in Geneva with Iran.

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Starmer reacts to US strikes on Iran

It was solely 5 days in the past that the prime minister advised me he did not assume a US assault was imminent after I requested him what was occurring following President Trump’s abrupt choice to stop the G7 early and convene his safety council on the White Home.

After I requested him if he felt silly or annoyed that Trump had accomplished that and did not appear to be listening, he advised me it was a “fast moving situation” with a “huge amount of discussions in the days since the G7” and stated he was intensely urgent his constant place of de-escalation.

What else actually might he say? He has calculated that criticising Trump goes in opposition to UK pursuits and has no different choice however to press for a diplomatic answer and work with different leaders to realize that goal.

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What’s Operation ‘Midnight Hammer’?

Earlier than these strikes, Tehran was clear it might not enter negotiations till Israel stopped firing missiles into Iran – one thing Israel continues to be saying on Sunday night it’s not ready to do.

The US has been briefing that one of many causes it took motion was as a result of it didn’t assume the Iranians had been taking the talks convened by the Europeans in Geneva severely sufficient.

It’s onerous now to see how these strikes won’t serve however to deepen the battle within the Center East and the temper in authorities is bleak.

Iran will most likely conclude that persevering with to strike solely Israel in gentle of the US assaults – the primary airstrikes ever by the US on Iran – is a response that can make the regime appear weak.

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What subsequent after US-Iran strikes?

However escalation might draw the UK right into a wider battle it doesn’t need. If Iran struck US belongings, it might set off article 5 of NATO (an assault on one is an assault on all) and draw the UK into navy motion.

If Iran selected to assault the US through proxies, then UK bases and belongings could possibly be below risk.

The prime minister was at pains to emphasize on Sunday that the UK had not been concerned in these strikes.

In the meantime, the UK-controlled airbase on Diego Garcia was not used to launch the US assaults, with B-2 bombers deployed from Guam as an alternative.

There was no request to make use of the Diego Garcia base, the president shifting unilaterally, underlining his disinterest in what the UK has to say.

The world is ready nervously to see how Iran may reply, because the PM strikes extra navy belongings to the area whereas concurrently hitting the telephones.

The prime minister could also be deeply against this battle, however stopping it’s not in his present.

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