BRITAIN has threatened to bomb Iran and join Trump’s blitz to to stop the “appalling” missile and drone strikes on allies in the Middle East.
The UK has indicated it could join attacks on Iranian soil for the first time in a joint statement with France and Germany.
Tonight, the three nations said they are “appalled by the indiscriminate and disproportionate missile attacks launched by Iran against our countries in the region”
As a result, they said they would “take steps to defend out interests and allies in our region”.
The statement reads: “E3 leaders are appalled by the indiscriminate and disproportionate missile attacks launched by Iran against countries in the region, including those who were not involved in initial US and Israeli military operations.
“Iran’s reckless attacks have targeted our close allies and are threatening our service personnel and our civilians across the region.
“We call on Iran to stop these reckless attacks immediately. We will take steps to defend our interests and those of our allies in the region, potentially through enabling necessary and proportionate defensive action to destroy Iran’s capability to fire missiles and drones at their source.
“We have agreed to work together with the US and allies in the region on this matter”
Sir Keir Starmer said on Sunday night that America will be able to use British bases in the Gulf region to strike Iranian missile sites.
The Prime Minister agreed to allow US military to use the facilities to help destroy Iranian missiles in their storage depots or firing launchers.
The move came after a day where the PM came under intense pressure to back the American strikes on the Tehran regime.
Last night, the PM used a video address to state that international law permits the US to use our bases.
But he said the UK “will not join offensive action” in Iran, adding: “We all remember the mistakes of Iraq and we have learned those lessons.”
In the five-minute address, he said: “The US has requested permission to use British bases for that specific and limited defensive purpose.
“We have taken the decision to accept this request – to prevent Iran firing missiles across the region…killing innocent civilians, putting British lives at risk and hitting countries that have not been involved.
“The basis of our decision is the collective self-defence of longstanding friends and allies, and protecting British lives. This is in line with international law.”
The RAF shot an Iranian drone from the sky on Sunday marking the first air-to-air combat for British forces since the US-Israeli blitz on Iran.
It comes after Iran raised its so-called “red flag of revenge” after vowing to blitz the US and Israel with a “force never experienced before”.
An RAF Typhoon was scrambled from the Al Udeid airbase in Qatar, downing the one-way attack drone with an air-to-air missile.
The jet belonged to a joint UK and Qatari unit, RAF’s 12 Squadron.
It comes hours after a counter-drone team in northern Iraq downed an Iranian drone using electronic warfare weapons.
Evacuation plans are currently underway as thousands of stranded Brits in the Gulf look for a way home following attacks on Iran.
Seventy-six thousand nationals in the region have registered their presence with the government in the aftermath of Donald Trump‘s military action.
Whitehall staff are working round-the-clock to bring them home with all options currently on the table, including evacuations.
Brits are currently being told to stay where they are as Ministers’ plans are hamstrung by air space being closed.
British nationals who are in countries including Bahrain, Israel and the United Arab Emirates have been invited to let the government their location.
