Iranian ambassador warns UK to be ‘very careful’ about further involvement in war. 21 hours ago. Laura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. The Iranian ambassador in London has warned the UK to be “very careful” about becoming further involved in the war.. Seyed Ali Mousavi told Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg his country would have a “right to self-defence” if the UK directly joined US-Israeli attacks on Iran.. He warned that Iran expected the British government, and others, “to be very delicate, very careful” in their actions.. The UK has given permission for the US to use British bases for what ministers describe as defensive strikes on Iranian facilities, but has not taken part in any direct attacks itself.. The ambassador said it was “good” that the UK was not “involved with this aggression”, adding he believed the British government had learnt lessons from the 2003 invasion of Iraq.. Despite the Iranian president’s apology to its Gulf neighbours on Saturday, Mousavi made clear Iran would continue to attack US bases if strikes on Iran continued.. Days of strikes across the Middle East have caused enormous disruption and damage in many different countries.. Mousavi said that “if facilities or properties or bases are used against the Iranian nation”, they would be considered “legitimate targets”.. In the last few hours, Gulf countries including Qatar and the UAE have been hit by Iran, while the US and Israel have continued their attacks as the war enters a second week.. Follow live updates. Military chief defends UK response to Middle East conflict. We’ve been speaking to Iranians during one week of war. Here’s what they said. Trump wants to pick Iran’s new leader – will a hostile regime under fire agree?. In an exclusive interview with the BBC to be broadcast on Sunday, Mousavi was asked if Iran would stop its attacks on military bases outside Israel in other parts of the Middle East.. He said there is “willingness from the Iranian side not to strike, not to attack our neighbours”.. But he maintained that Iran had the right to continue striking targets across the whole region where there were military bases.. Mousavi said Iran’s response “depends on the activities of the Americans and the Israeli regime”.. “If the aggression… continues there is no doubt we will defend ourselves,” he said. “And if they want to use these military bases – although we don’t want to do that – there is no doubt we will defend ourselves accordingly.”. It has been more than seven days since the US and Israel began strikes on Iran, which led Tehran to retaliate with its own attacks across the region.. Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and Iraq have all been hit, as has an RAF base in Cyprus.. In spite of President Masoud Pezeshkian’s apology, reports from the region suggest Iranian strikes have not stopped. Qatar and the UAE both said on Saturday afternoon they had intercepted missiles targeting them.. Pezeshkian’s messag
