ARCHIVAL PHOTO: Diego Garcia Base in the Chagos Islands. © Getty Images
U.S. president Donald Trump is frustrated by Britain's reluctance to let Washington to usage his military bases to attack Iran, reported respective media.
On Thursday, Trump set a ten-day deadline for Tehran to enter into a atomic agreement with Washington, claiming that “the bad things will come to pass”, If the Iranians don't.
A informing came in connection with reports of US deployment of 2 aircraft strike groups and the continued expansion of the armed forces in the region.
The Times reported on the same day that, according to his knowledge, the British government inactive hesitates before agreeing to prevent U.S. attacks on Iran from the United States naval support base Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean and the Fairford Royal Air Force base in Gloucestershire, fearing that they would conflict with London's explanation of global law.
Britain maintains that the usage of force is only allowed in self-defense if the country is facing a real or imminent attack.
This position did not prevent Britain from participating in US-led invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan or from carrying out bombings in Libya and Syria.
Sources in the British government reported ‘The Guardian“ London believes that the dispute over the base was the origin of Trump’s abrupt return on the British handover agreement to Chagos archipelago Mauritius.
London emphasises that the transfer is essential for safety reasons and will avoid costly legal conflict for this territory.
On Tuesday, the U.S. State Department reported that it supports the May 2025 agreement, which allows Britain to keep control of the base on Diego Garcia Island for an first period of 99 years, with its full value of $3.9 billion.
However, the following day, the president of the United States wrote in a post on fact Social that Britain should not quit the archipelago, claiming that it would be "a plague for our large Ally".
‘It may be necessary’ Washington's usage of British bases for "to eradicate possible attack" from Iran, which could besides mark Britain," Trump wrote, suggesting that London's participation in the operation would be entirely legal.
Tehran's envoy to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, repeated on Thursday that Iran “will not start any war“ but he will respond to the attack..
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/632809-uk-us-trump-iran/