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UK ‘ready to defend itself’ after Iranian threat over US bases

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/23/uk-ready-to-defend-itself-iran-threat-us-bases

An American B-1 bomber at RAF Fairfield in Gloucestershire, south-west England. The UK Ministry of Defence has not commented on whether the US used the base for operations against Iran this week. Photograph: Andrew Fox/The Guardian

IRGC claims base in south-west England was used by US to launch bombing missions, making it ‘legitimate target’

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Thursday that “any base used for aggression against Iranian territory constitutes a legitimate target for our forces”.

In a statement published on the IRGC-linked Tasnim news agency, the group said American bombing missions had been launched from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire two days earlier.

The statement came after the US carried out a 12th consecutive night of strikes against targets in Iran. The Ministry of Defence has not commented on whether Fairford was used by the US for operations against Iran this week.

The IRGC also accused the “British monarchy regime” of causing being the “primary cause of hardships in our region with a black record of partitioning Islamic nations, widespread massacres, imposing despotic regimes, and organising the occupation of Palestine”.

It warned the government “not to weigh down its record any further”.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/23/uk-ready-to-defend-itself-iran-threat-us-bases

dizzy: It is widely known that B2 Stealth bombers and B52s use RAF Fairford since it has a very long runway. The article starts with some “defensive” bombing nonsense that I didn’t bother with and should be recognised as the BS it is. We are allowing the US to ‘defencively’ bomb the sh*t out of you???

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