- A government minister insisted the UK is 'absolutely right' to allow the US to use British bases to defend British interests in the Middle East.
- Iran's foreign minister warned that providing military bases for the US would be considered participation in 'aggression' amid the ongoing regional conflict.
- Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds justified the decision by stating it protects 300,000 British nationals currently in the Middle East.
- Reynolds emphasised that the UK has not been 'dragged into this war' and seeks de-escalation, having refused to allow UK bases for offensive attacks on Iran.
- Despite not joining initial US and Israeli strikes, US forces later used British military bases for 'limited and defensive' missions targeting Iranian missile capabilities, approved by Sir Keir Starmer.
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