Starmer puts the UK cabinet on a alert of a possible American attack on Iran

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Sir Kerr Starmer put the cabinet on alert for an American potential attack on Iran, where the ministers discussed working with American forces in a state of Tehran threatening the origins of the United Kingdom in the Middle East.

After only 24 hours of insisting on Donald Trump, he did not provide any indication that he was about to participate in the conflict between Israel and Iran, the Prime Minister and his ministers reviewed how Britain could respond in a major escalation.

UK officials said the situation was “dangerous and volatile”, while the Starmer team discussed whether the president might seek to hit Iranian nuclear facilities from a joint air base between the United States of America in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

The potential use of this rule of US air strikes against Iran by B2 Stealth Bombers would approach Britain to the conflict. A UK official said that there was no clear answer “yes or no” on whether Washington would have to obtain approval from Britain to use the base to launch an attack.

Britain has remained until now Israel’s war Iran He is determined not to do anything that could lead to the closure of its embassy in Tehran, a major Western diplomatic position in the Middle East.

But Starmer discussed on Wednesday with ministers and military presidents how Britain could respond if “the UK’s assets threatened directly or indirectly in the region.”

At the meeting of the White Higher Emergency Committee, known as Cobra, they also reviewed the possibility of an American attack on Iran, according to officials who were briefed on the talks. Among the others who participated in intelligence chiefs and American Ambassador Lord Peter Mandleson.

“The ministers were updated for efforts to support British citizens in the region and protect regional security, as well as continuous diplomatic efforts,” said a spokeswoman for the Downing Street after the committee meeting.

A spokesman for Lord Richard Hermer, the public prosecutor, refused to comment on the spectator that he warned that Britain’s participation in an American attack on Iran may be illegal and that British forces could only participate in taking defensive measures.

But one of the people who saw the matter said: “If our origins are threatened, we have the right to self -defense, with or without Americans. But it is clear, in this case, we want to work with the Americans by looking at their superior power against the Iranian threat.”

While Starmer has repeatedly affirmed Israel’s right to defend itself and said that Iran cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon, it has stopped saying that it would support our participation in the Israeli conflict Iran.

The call to “cancel the escalation” of the Israeli conflict has continued Iran-the official reason for Britain’s lack of any support to the Jewish state in defending itself from the air attacks by Tehran.

At the Summit of the 7 Group in Canada on Tuesday, Starmer said it was “nothing” mentioned Trump, “noting that he is about to engage in this conflict.”

But British officials later admitted that Trump was unlikely to share his real dinner thinking with Western leaders – and that the White House’s approach to the crisis was a “repetitive process”.

The Israeli ambassador to London said on Tuesday that defense support from the United Kingdom was not discussed or requested.

This contradicts how the UK fighter planes of the Royal Air Force Drop The drones launched by Iran in Israel in April last year. Raf Aircraft also provided assistance during a missile attack by Tehran on Israel last October.

The United Kingdom also helped the United States last year in military strikes against the Houthi rebels supported by Iran in Yemen.

Any American attack on Iran is likely to focus on the nuclear site that was strongly reinforced, which Israel lacks the destruction of bombs.

“Bunk Busting” can be launched to penetrate the Fordow from the American B2 Stealth launcher, and Washington put at least six in Diego Garcia in March, where Tehran’s pressure increased to agree on a nuclear deal.

Last month, the United Kingdom signed a deal worth 3.4 billion pounds to deliver it The sovereignty of the Shaghos Islands to MauritiusAnd keeping a 99 -year rental contract on the air base in Diego Garcia, the largest island.

Experts said that the United States can launch B2 attacks from a home base in Missouri, but the additional distance and durable needs will be an additional complexity of any task.

A UK government spokesman said they “will not comment on virtual operations.”

Meanwhile, family members were withdrawn at the British embassy and consulate employees in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as a “precautionary measure,” said the Commonwealth, Commonwealth and Development Office.

This decision contrasts with the current FCDO advice to the UK citizens in Israel, who have been invited to register themselves at the British embassy or consulate, but it was not asked to leave the country.

British officials said that the number of people registered for advice and other consular assistance was “in the low thousands”, and many of them are the UK’s double Israeli citizens.

FCDo issued a advice that it is still possible to leave the use of commercial land roads through Egypt or Jordan, but it was not recommended that UK citizens try to leave Israel.

A spokesman for No. 10 said: “Our main message to British citizens is to follow the advice of local authorities, stay close to shelter and register their presence in FCDO.”