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Sir Keir Starrer put his cabinet on an alarm for a possible US attack on Iran, just 24 hours after Donald Trump insisted that he is about to be about the conflict.
British officials said that the situation was “heavy and volatile”, while the team of the Prime Minister discussed whether the president could try to strike the nuclear institutions of Iran from the common US UK air base in Diego Garcia.
Great Britain has failed to do so far The Israel Iran War And it is determined to do nothing that could lead to closing her message in Tehran, an important western diplomatic post in the Middle East.
According to officials who were informed about the talks, Starrer discussed the possibility of a US attack on Iran at a meeting of an emergency committee in Whitehall.
The participants included high -ranking cabinet ministers, military chiefs, secret service bosses and US ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson.
The prime minister continued to call for a “de-escalation” and the official reason why Great Britain did not support Israel to defend itself against Iranian air strikes.
Starrer said on a G7 summit in Canada on Tuesday, there was “nothing that the president said that he was involved shortly before this conflict”.
But British officials later admitted that Trump did not share his true thinking about dinner with Western leaders – and that the approach of the White House for the crisis was an “iterative process”.
The possible use of Diego Garcia, a basis in the Indian Ocean, for US air attacks from B2 Stealth -Bomber would withdraw the UK closer to the conflict.
A British official said there was no clear “yes or no” on whether Washington had to obtain the approval of Great Britain to use the base to start an attack.
Great Britain last month has signed a 3.4 billion -pound deal at hand Sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritiusduring the 99-year-old rental contract on the air base of Diego Garcia, the largest of the islands.
The ambassador of Israel in London said on Tuesday that the defense from Great Britain was not discussed or requested.
This is in contrast, like British Royal Air Force Fighter Jets Half to shoot Drones that were released by Iran in Israel in April last year. Raf Aircraft made Tehran on Israel last October last October.
Great Britain also helped the United States last year on military strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen supported by Iran.
Any British participation in the current crisis could raise questions about the continued presence of British diplomats in Tehran, a city where the United States has no message.
A spokeswoman for the Downing Street said after the Whitehall Committee meeting: “The ministers have been up to date on the efforts to support British citizens in the region and the protective diplomatic efforts.”
While Palmer repeats the right to defend himself and said that Iran cannot develop a nuclear weapon, he no longer said that he would support the USA in the Israel-Iran conflict.
Each US attack on Iran could possibly first focus on the strongly reinforced Nuclear position Fords, which Israel lacks the bombs to destroy them.
Us Bunker Busting Combs, which are able to penetrate Ford, has to be started by American B2 Stealth Bombers, and Washington positioned at least six B2-AS on the homepage at Diego Garcia in March, as it increased the pressure on Tehran to agree on a nuclear agreement.
Experts said the United States could start B2 attacks from a home base in Missouri, but the additional distance and the requirements for the refueling would be an additional complication for every mission.
A British government spokesman said that they “did not comment on hypothetical operations”.
In the meantime, family members of the British embassy and the consulate in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem were “withdrawn as a precaution as a precaution”, said the office of foreign, Commonwealth and development offices.
This decision is in contrast to the current advice of the FCDO of British citizens in Israel, who have been invited to register with the British embassy or the consulate, but not said that he should leave the country.
British officials said that the number of people who register for advice and other consular help are “in the low thousands”, many of whom are double British Israel.
The FCDO has given advice that it is still possible to leave commercial land routes via Egypt or Jordan, but has not recommended that the British nationals try to leave Israel.
“Our key message to the British citizens is to follow the advice of local authorities, to stay close to protection and to register their presence at FCDO,” said a spokesman for number 10.
