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UK Foreign Secretary Hunt Admits Britain Could Follow US

Into War With Iran
MIDDLE EAST 12:47 24.06.2019 (updated 12:48 24.06.2019)

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Although the UK o cials, including Conservative party leadership contender

Jeremy Hunt, have proclaimed de-escalation in the region, he admitted that
London would consider Washington’s request for military support amid the growing
tension between Iran and the US.

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who is running against Boris Johnson for the
Conservatives’ leadership, has pledged to stand by the US even if its confrontation with
Iran leads to a military con ict, according to The Daily Mail.

“We will stand by the United States as our strongest ally but of course we have to
consider any requests for military support on a case-by-case basis,” the prime
minister hopeful con rmed while campaigning in Scotland.
He admitted that London is “constantly in touch” with Washington. He also expressed the
belief that that the solution is for Iran is “to stop its destabilising activity throughout the
Middle East” and voiced concern about the recent incident with the two commercial
vessels in the Sea of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz. He branded it sabotage, adding that
the culprit “is almost certainly Iran.”

“We want to de-escalate the situation but we are of course extremely worried,” he
reportedly said.

In another interview with BBC radio, he claimed that the UK has been doing “everything
we can to de-escalate the situation" that he referred to as "very dangerous” and remained
closely in touch.

He also claimed that the UK does not think that both Iran and the US want a war, but
noted that it could be an “accidental con ict”.

"We are very concerned: we don't think either side wants a war, but we are very
concerned that we could get into an accidental war and we are doing everything we
can to ratchet things down", Hunt noted.

His remark came amid Andrew Murrison’s trip to Iran; the UK’s Minister of State for the
Middle East is there on a peace-making mission. The Foreign and Commonwealth O ce
(FCO) said that he would “call for urgent de-escalation in the region and raise the UK and
international concerns about Iran’s regional conduct and its threat to cease complying
with the nuclear deal to which the UK remains fully committed”.

At the same time, The Mirror reported that UK Special Boat Service frogmen, who are
trained to remove mines from vessels, perpetrate underwater attacks as well as counter
foreign troops, and highly-trained Royal Navy divers have been deployed to the Persian
Gulf “as part of a deterrent”.

Tensions have been on the rise between the US and Iran since Washington pulled out of a
nuclear deal and imposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic last year. Tensions rose
further recently after Washington accused Tehran of attacking oil tankers and warships
that had been deployed to the Persian Gulf.

The confrontation reached a new level after Iran downed a US Global Hawk spy drone.
Following the incident, US President Trump claimed that he had cancelled a retaliatory
strike just 10 minutes before it was to take place, later announcing that military actions
against Tehran were still on the table.
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Keith Barron
i've told my sons any knock on the door for them to go to war i'll shoot them first
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Brian Love
Hunt rhymes with,,,hmmm what was that again!
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Nuno Cardoso da Silva

As long as the Conservative party rules in the UK, the UK will follow the US all
the way to hell. Brits would do well to dump the Conservatives as soon as
possible, or they risk serious harm in any future American started war.
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