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PRIME MINISTER – IRAN WAR: AIRSTRIKES AGAINST BRITISH BASES - 02 March 2026

PRIME MINISTER – IRAN WAR: AIRSTRIKES AGAINST BRITISH BASES - 02 March 2026

Sir Julian Lewis: If a missile battery in Iran was continuing to target British bases, would an airstrike against it be offensive or defensive?

[The Prime Minister: I think I have made clear the basis for the second decision: we have authorised the US to use our bases in order to take out the ability of Iran to make those strikes. That is legal because it is collective self-defence.]