Iran issues chilling ‘target’ warning to UK following conflicts

The Iranian ambassador in London has warned what Iran's response would be if the UK were to get further involved in the war.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said earlier this week that Britain has given permission for the US to use British bases for defensive strikes on Iranian facilities.

Starmer, however, said the UK would not be taking part in any direct strikes.

Seyed Ali Mousavi told the BBC that he thinks 'the British government has very, very good experience from Iraqi invasion and they know the illegality of this aggression'.

If the UK were to attack Iran directly, Mousavi said 'there is no doubt that Iran is going to have their own right for self-defense'.

"You know, British government mentioned that they do not involve with this aggression. Okay, that's good," he added.

Seyed Ali Mousavi, the Iranian ambassador in London, has told the UK to be 'very careful' (BBC)

"Although that we expect the British government as one [of the] civilised nations to condemn this kind of aggression against anybody including Iran.

"You know, we are trying to have very functional and very delicate and careful activities."

When asked by Laura Kuenssberg about Iran's response to the strikes 'to all sorts of countries, endangering civilians across a whole region', Mousavi said: "We are defending ourselves. This is very important. Who started this war? American side and Israeli regime.

Starmer said the UK wouldn't be getting involved in direct attacks on Iran (Jaimi Joy / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

"But they are using their military bases from the Persian Gulf countries.

"Okay, that would be very important legitimate target for us. We do not want to go to attack anybody, no. We are very delicate."

In a final warning to Britain, he said: "We are very careful regarding for our activities and as well as, we do expect for the other people, including British government, to be very delicate, to be very careful for their own activities."

Starmer said he stands by his decision not to join the initial US-Israel strikes on Iran last Saturday.

Donald Trump criticised Starmer for not being anything like Winston Churchill (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

At a Downing Street news conference, he said the UK had 'the strength to stand by our values and our principles no matter the pressure to do otherwise'.

The UK's idea of a solution would be a 'negotiated settlement with Iran where they give up their nuclear ambitions'.

Donald Trump, meanwhile, has accused Starmer of only deciding to get involved after they'd 'already won'.

Taking to Truth Social, he wrote: "The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East.

"That’s OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need them any longer - But we will remember."

"We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won!" he added.