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| Keir Starmer calls for Iran to return to negotiating table | Keir Starmer calls for Iran to return to negotiating table |
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| Sir Keir Starmer has called on Iran to "return to the negotiating table" after the US bombed nuclear sites in the country overnight. | Sir Keir Starmer has called on Iran to "return to the negotiating table" after the US bombed nuclear sites in the country overnight. |
| In a statement, the UK prime minister said stability in the region was a priority, describing Iran's nuclear programme as "a grave threat to international security". | |
| The BBC understands there was no UK involvement in the US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and that the prime minister was informed of them in advance. | |
| "Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon and the US has taken action to alleviate that threat," Starmer added. | |
| The US said it had carried out strikes on three nuclear facilities in Iran: Natanz, Isfahan and Fordo on Saturday night. | |
| It followed the launch of a new Israeli operation against Iran on 12 June. Israel says its targets were military sites, including nuclear facilities. | |
| Iran launched retaliatory strikes - with the two countries continuing to exchange fire since. | |
| President Donald Trump had initially refused to say whether the US would get involved, with the White House saying on Friday that a decision would be made "within the next two weeks". | |
| In a televised address following the strikes, the president said the operation was a "spectacular military success", adding that if Iran did not make peace quickly it would face "far greater" attacks. | |
| Iran's foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi called the US strikes "outrageous" and said they would have "everlasting consequences". | |
| "Each and every member of the UN must be alarmed over this extremely dangerous, lawless and criminal behavior," he added. | "Each and every member of the UN must be alarmed over this extremely dangerous, lawless and criminal behavior," he added. |
| UN Secretary General António Guterres said the overnight strikes were a "dangerous escalation". | |