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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sam Kiley

Trump’s unprovoked attack on Iran risks terror, turmoil and the spread of nuclear weapons

Citizens in countries across the Middle East have been told to take cover from Iranian airstrikes in retaliation for an unprovoked attack on Iran by America and Israel.

But the shockwaves from blasts as US-made Israeli jets and American pilots unleash their bombs against Iran’s regime – and a nuclear weapons programme that Donald Trump said had already been “obliterated” in the past – will be felt from London to Bangkok.

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