Iran has threatened the United Kingdom over its support for US strikes in Iran by allowing the US military to use British bases.
This comes after US forces completed a twelfth consecutive night of attacks on Iranian military sites on Wednesday night.
In footage released by US Central Command, Iranian military vehicles and boats are seen being blown up in airstrikes.
Video footage of U.S. Central Command completing Twelfth Consecutive Night of Iran Strikes
Iran’s foreign ministry said Thursday that the UK has been an “accomplice in the war after Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said that any country supporting the US “will be responsible for the consequences and repercussions,” the BBC notes.
Meanwhile, the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen started targeting shipping in the Red Sea on Wednesday after imposing a naval blockade on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, risking a wider regional conflict.
President Trump threatened earlier today to “hold Iran responsible” and inflict “major military punishment” upon Iran and the Houthis.