Iran attacked the British base in Cyprus with drones so has directly attacked British territory. Iran has also been sponsoring terrorism in the UK. Iran has also attacked an American base on British territory.
reply> one of the most corrupt countries in the world
A ridiculous exaggeration given what a lot of other countries are like.
Helping the aggressor with its offense or defense during the aggressive acts is taking part in the aggression. States have international obligation to not engage in or promote aggression and to not take part in it. UK voluntarily took this obligation on itself.
replyI guess it's debatable whether the drone attack was proportional. I'd say that attack on clearly military installation of active ally is proportionate. Bombing bases in Britain would be more appropriate I think, since that's where the bombers that attacked Iran flew from and were loaded with weapons.
Iran has been funding terrorist networks who are active in the UK and has taken direct action against UK citizens before on numerous occasions.
replyThey are also allied with Russia who are doing the same.
They aren't some innocent party here. Geopolitics is complicated and not some black and white good guy bad guy mechanics.
To add some pretty hard data to this: https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/fiona-and-irans-role-in-the-...
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