THE UK faces an increased threat of Iranian attacks, a Cabinet minister has warned.
It comes after Sir Keir Starmer today called on Iran to “return to the negotiating table” as he responded to Trump’s blitz.
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Business Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, has now warned Iran’s spying operations in the UK were “already at a significant level”.
“I think it would be naive to say that wouldn’t potentially increase but again, there’s a choice here for Iran,” he continued.
“Do they want to continue being an agent of instability in the region and the wider world? Where has that got them? Where has it got the Iranian people?
“There is a better course of action for Iran to take here and I think they should consider that.”
Just last month, cops busted an alleged terror plot targeting Israel’s embassy in London by Iranian nationals.
And, the UK has already declared Iran as a security threat under new laws that state they must register their activities in the UK or face five years in jail.
In a statement this morning, the Prime Minister urged the Tehran to “reach a diplomatic solution to end this crisis”.
The Labour party leader said: “Iran’s nuclear programme is a grave threat to international security.
“Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon and the US has taken action to alleviate that threat.
“The situation in the Middle East remains volatile and stability in the region is a priority.
“We call on Iran to return to the negotiating table and reach a diplomatic solution to end this crisis.”
And Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has also backed Trump’s move.
He said: “Reform UK stands behind the military actions of the USA overnight.
“Iran must not be allowed to have nuclear weapons, the future of Israel depends on it.”
This comes after the US military bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities in an historic strike against the Islamic Republic.
Mr Reynolds also earlier confirmed the UK wasn’t involved in the strikes.
He told Sky News: “We support the prevention of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon. We had proposed a diplomatic course of action, as other European countries had done.
“The Iranians had rejected that. And I know people will be waking up this morning, and they’ll be worried.
“They’ll want to know what this means, and I do want to give them reassurance that whilst the British government, the UK has not been involved in these attacks, we have been making extensive preparations for all eventualities, including how we look after British nationals in the region and how we get them out, and the assets we have in the region to protect British infrastructure, British bases, British personnel if we need to do that.
“But from where we are now, what I think we need to do as the President I believe himself has said is, get back around the table. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, but we need a diplomatic process.”
And Britain’s military base of Diego Garcia was not used by the US as a staging post for the US military attack on Iran, as reported by The Times.
The jets were flown from the US military base in Guam in the Pacific – twice as far from Iran as Diego Garcia.
There had been speculation that Diego Garcia would be used by the US, which would have caused a legal, diplomatic and military headache for the UK government as it would have had to give approval to any US attack.
This would have dragged the UK directly into the conflict. Government sources said Diego Garcia was not used.
‘EVERLASTING CONSEQUENCES’
This comes as Iran has threatened “everlasting consequences” as Houthis vowed to target US forces.
Iran lashed out with two rounds of missiles into Israel in the wake of America’s strikes.
At least 16 people are reported to have been injured.
And the Iranian foreign minister is also to meet with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin within hours.
He has now warned the West of “unprecedented danger” – while Trump has threatened even more strikes on the country, and dubbed the operation a “spectacular military success”.
He revealed: “I’m going to Moscow this afternoon, and I have a meeting with President Putin tomorrow morning.”
Arghchi called Moscow a “friend of Iran,” adding “we always consult with each other”.
Fears loom that the conflict could spiral into a world war, with Putin puppet Dmitry Medvedev making a veiled threat to supply Iran with nuclear weapons.
He said: “A number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their nuclear weapons.”
In Washington, the US president earlier said the “highly successful” military operation “completely obliterated” Iran’s nuclear sites, adding that the US teamed up with Israel to carry out the bombings.
The president added that Iran must now make peace or “we will go after” other targets in Iran after the US strikes.
Trump said in a nationally televised speech at the White House: “Tonight I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success.
“Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.”
But the president also said that if Iran didn’t cut a peace deal now it would continue to face American military power.
He said: “Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier.”
“There will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days.”
“Remember there are many targets left. Tonight’s was the most difficult of them all, by far, and perhaps the most lethal.
“But if peace does not come quickly we will go after those other targets with precision, speed and skill.
“Most of them can be taken out in a matter of minutes. There’s no military in the world that could have done what we did tonight.”
America has now directly joined Israel’s campaign of bombing Iran as they both seek to obliterate Tehran’s nuclear program.
A response from Iran, or from the Ayatollah in hiding, has not yet come.
Ali Khamenei is believed to be cowering away in the secret lair as Israeli missile attacks rain down nearby.
Two informed sources inside the country told Iran International the country’s ageing dictator is holed up in the bunker in Lavizan, a neighbourhood in Tehran.
Posting on Truth Social, President Donald Trump said US bombers targeted Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan enrichment sites – all key to Iran’s doomsday project.
He said a full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow.
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