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UK Eyes Terror Level Rise Amid Iran RetaliationUK Defence Secretary warns of possible terror level increase after Iran's missile strikes near British forces in Bahrain.
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- The UK is considering raising the terror threat from ‘substantial’ to ‘severe’ or ‘critical’ due to Iranian reprisals.
- Iran launched missile and drone attacks on US bases in the region following US and Israeli strikes on Iran.
- Around 300 British troops were stationed close to an Iranian missile strike on a base in Bahrain.
- Officials describe the Iranian threat as increasingly erratic and indiscriminate, endangering military and civilian targets.
Make no mistake that this is a regime which harasses other countries and can never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.— Defence Secretary John Healey, speaking to Sky News about Iran
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