But Jeremy Corbyn called for the UK to not escalate tensions with Iran without “credible evidence” that Tehran was responsible. He tweeted: “From Salisbury to the Middle East, why can he never bring himself to back British allies, British intelligence or British interests?”The FCO had said: “No other state or non-state actor could plausibly have been responsible,” and pointed to a “recent precedent for attacks by Iran against oil tankers”. “I guess one of the mines didn’t explode and it’s probably got essentially Iran written all over it,” the US president said. The suspected attacks came after four commercial ships were “subjected to sabotage operations” in the Gulf in May. “We are confident that Iran bears responsibility for that attack,” the FCO said.

Source: The Guardian June 15, 2019 08:06 UTC