US EditionStarmer Says ‘We Need to Deal with’ Iran Crackdown After Trump’s Warnings
Starmer supports US efforts to prevent Iran's nuclear weapons development and address Tehran's violent repression of protesters, with over 6,000 protester deaths reported, officials said.
- Speaking from China, Sir Keir Starmer said the UK supports the US goal of preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons and must 'deal with' Iran's repression and killings of protesters.
- Earlier this week, President Donald Trump said a 'massive armada' led by USS Abraham Lincoln was dispatched to the Gulf and warned Iran time was running out to negotiate.
- Rights groups reported amid an internet blackout, the Human Rights Activists News Agency said 6,301 people died including 5,925 protesters, while another tally put confirmed deaths at 6,126 with 5,777 protesters.
- On Thursday, the European Union designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a 'terrorist organisation', prompting renewed calls from UK ministers and Labour MPs for immediate proscription while legislation awaits parliamentary time.
- Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran's forces are ready to respond immediately and powerfully to US aggression, while Gulf officials warned a strike could cause chaos and spike oil prices.
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Starmer was asked in China if he would support a US strike on Iran: “The goal or the aim here is that Iran shouldn’t be able to develop nuclear weapons and that is hugely important and, of course, we need to deal with the fact they are repressing protesters, killing protesters, it is grotesque what…
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