Prime minister says Iran’s nuclear programme is a ‘grave threat to international security’

Keir Starmer has backed the US strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities and called on Iran to return to negotiations, saying the country’s nuclear programme was a “grave threat to international security”.

Donald Trump announced overnight that the US had bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, joining Israel’s attack on the Tehran regime.

There was no UK involvement in the action. Starmer and the foreign secretary, David Lammy, had pushed for a diplomatic solution amid fears a wider action could further destabilise the region.

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    Go back to negotiating so we bomb your delegate and their family and their neighbors.

    These cunts think we still lives in time when they can control the narrative.

    wait until they force youth to do military service. It will happen very soon.

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    Tony Blair isn’t even dead and he got reborn as this guy.

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    June 12th:

    “I am pleased to confirm the 6th round of Iran US talks will be held in Muscat this Sunday the 15th,” Bad Albusaidi, the country’s foreign minister said on social media.

    Israel struck Iran later the same day.

    So why should Iran have any reason to believe that “talks” will stop Israel and the US?

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      Also trump tore up the last agreement we had with them, so why would they ever believe he’d keep a new one?

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      To some extent I think the demands for “talks” are out of genuine fear of escalating the war. The UK is being dragged by the US which is being dragged by Israel who is the only one who actually wants this war. Its this weird centipede of colonies controlling their homelands.

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        The UK has no fucking business saying they’re being dragged into anything. This whole thing is their goddamn fault. All of this. Every single conflict in the Middle East for the last hundred years has been their fault. This is literally two of their biggest fuck ups fighting each other.

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    It’s not politically and psychologiclaly realistic for Iran to return to negotiations.

    At this time, they perceive themselves to have been attacked without provocation - basically because Netanyahu needed a small victorious war - and resistance is not something one negotiates about.

    Also, the ayatollah is an authoritarian ruler. Negotiation would be perceived as a sign of weakness by the opposition and population - and he might be ousted. He knows this, so he will continue the war.

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      It’s not politically and psychologiclaly realistic for Iran to return to negotiations.

      And also, you know, they’re still getting bombed. Even though they were already in the middle of talks. I’m not sure what the logistics of “returning to talks” would even be in this instance.

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    That sounds so horribly ‘both sides’ - appeasing both parties.

    Iran have already stated “Nope, no diplomacy whilst you’re bombing us.”.

    So what now Keir?

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      Specifically Iran says: “We want diplomacy, but we cant negotiate while being bombed.”

      Also note that Israel prides itself in having assassinated multiple negotiators that were engaged in “negotiations” with Israel or the US in 2024 and 2025 and the US has previously lured an Iranian negotiator into an assassination under the pretext of negotiations in 2020.

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    They’re not the ones that left the talks. They were scheduled for talks and then y’all bombed them. What the hell?

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    as trumps own director of national intelligence said Iran was not building any, its hard to see this as a “grave threat to national security”. Seems to be another regional power squablle initiated by Israel the day before they were going to have a vote on the government falling and Netenyahu therefore resuming his trial for corruption.
    What a huge clown show. And starmer doesnt even merit clown status. He’s pathetic.

    More murder and crimes against humanity. Always the same thing with the Israelis.

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    Iran has bent over backwards to cooperate with the Zionist managed hysteria over it’s (until now) non existent nuclear weapons program including installing live streamed videos for the IAEA to monitor centrifuges from Vienna and even sticking to the JCPOA for a year after Trump tore it up and even after the Israelis started murdering their scientists.

    Enough is enough. Iran needs nukes or it will be regime changed with millions dead and millions more refugees streaming into Europe.

    Regime change has been Netanyahu’s plan for 30 years.

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      Regime change isn’t the plan, its just the excuse. There aren’t any rebels to back in Iran. There isn’t an Iranian congress in exile. Best you’ve got is the heir to the Shah and some trostkyite cult.

      Israel’s goal is to turn Iran into Libya. More genocidal destruction.

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    Iran: FINE I WON’T MAKE NUKES. you think that’s the only superweapon?