Prime minister says Iran’s nuclear programme is a ‘grave threat to international security’

Keir Starmer has backed the US strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities and called on Iran to return to negotiations, saying the country’s nuclear programme was a “grave threat to international security”.

Donald Trump announced overnight that the US had bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, joining Israel’s attack on the Tehran regime.

There was no UK involvement in the action. Starmer and the foreign secretary, David Lammy, had pushed for a diplomatic solution amid fears a wider action could further destabilise the region.

  • squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    June 12th:

    “I am pleased to confirm the 6th round of Iran US talks will be held in Muscat this Sunday the 15th,” Bad Albusaidi, the country’s foreign minister said on social media.

    Israel struck Iran later the same day.

    So why should Iran have any reason to believe that “talks” will stop Israel and the US?

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      Also trump tore up the last agreement we had with them, so why would they ever believe he’d keep a new one?

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      To some extent I think the demands for “talks” are out of genuine fear of escalating the war. The UK is being dragged by the US which is being dragged by Israel who is the only one who actually wants this war. Its this weird centipede of colonies controlling their homelands.

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        The UK has no fucking business saying they’re being dragged into anything. This whole thing is their goddamn fault. All of this. Every single conflict in the Middle East for the last hundred years has been their fault. This is literally two of their biggest fuck ups fighting each other.