Overview
- UK ministers approved U.S. use of British bases to target Iranian missile systems threatening vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Downing Street said the authorization is based on collective self-defence and is intended to reduce the missile threat to commercial shipping.
- Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi warned the decision puts British lives in danger and said Iran will exercise its right to self-defence.
- Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper cautioned Tehran against targeting UK bases, territory or interests after speaking with Araghchi by phone.
- President Donald Trump criticized the move as a very late response, following earlier limits that confined U.S. use of the bases to actions tied to British interests.