{"id":276,"date":"2025-06-23T02:32:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T02:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendvolley.com\/?p=276"},"modified":"2025-06-23T02:32:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T02:32:58","slug":"experts-warn-of-new-era-of-terrorism-and-say-risks-of-trumps-military-strategy-in-iran-are-incalculably-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendvolley.com\/?p=276","title":{"rendered":"Experts warn of ‘new era’ of terrorism and say risks of Trump’s military strategy in Iran ‘are incalculably high’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The world is facing a \u2018new era\u2019 of terrorism after the US strikes on Iran<\/a>, experts warned yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s surprise decision to attack Tehran\u2019s nuclear facilities \u2013 just days after the US President seemed to back away from the idea \u2013 radically increases the risk of \u2018likely\u2019 retaliation, former UK national security adviser Lord Ricketts cautioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the UK was not involved in the action, the Government was informed before the strikes happened, ministers confirmed yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite speculation any attack could be launched from the joint UK\/US airbase on Diego Garcia \u2013 where the B-2 stealth bombers used have previously been based \u2013 the mission was flown from mainland America, leaving Britain to watch on with the rest of the world after the raids took place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord Ricketts said the Government would be \u2018relieved\u2019 to have been left out of the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added: \u2018That would have meant that the UK would have had to take a view on the legality of this \u2013 that they avoided doing.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Attorney General, Lord Hermer<\/a>, is understood to have advised the Prime Minister that any involvement would be illegal under international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Sir Keir Starmer had still been facing tricky questions about what position to take should Mr Trump ask for permission to use Diego Garcia or call on the \u2018special relationship\u2019 for assistance in any attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The world is facing a \u2018new era\u2019 of terrorism after the US strikes on Iran, experts warned yesterday<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Fordow nuclear enrichment site, 80 miles south of Tehran, was flattened by a US ‘bunker buster’ domb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Buildings in Tel Aviv suffered significant damage in retaliatory strikes from Iran. Pictured: the skeletal remains of houses on June 22, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the bombing raids, Sir Keir said: \u2018Iran\u2019s nuclear programme is a grave threat to international security. Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon, and the US has taken action to alleviate that threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The situation in the Middle East remains volatile and stability in the region is a priority. We call on Iran to return to the negotiating table and reach a diplomatic solution to end this crisis.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inside the crucial hours when Trump went ‘dark’ and unleashed hell as Iran strikes back at Israel <\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Lord Ricketts, a crossbench peer, described the situation in the Middle East as \u2018dangerous and very unpredictable\u2019, adding that some kind of retaliation from Iran, led by its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is \u2018likely\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He told BBC News: \u2018This is a major strike against their key strategic assets and so I think we have to expect that they will tryto get back at American bases, American economic installations, possibly even America\u2019s allies.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Dr Leslie Vinjamuri, of think-tank Chatham House, said the risks of Mr Trump\u2019s strategy were \u2018incalculably high\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added: \u2018If Iran attacks US assets and especially US personnel in the region, if the US is dragged further into direct conflict, if this launches a new era of terrorism, if this leads to more rather than less stability, then the cost to a President who has staked his success on staying out of war and delivering peace will be high.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran was the first foreign power to be listed on Britain\u2019s new enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme, aimed at protecting the UK from malign foreign influence<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israeli President: ‘I commend Trump for his brave decision’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sir Keir Starmer had still been facing tricky questions about what position to take should Mr Trump ask for permission to use Diego Garcia or call on the \u2018special relationship\u2019 for assistance in any attack<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lord Ricketts, a crossbench peer, described the situation in the Middle East as \u2018dangerous and very unpredictable\u2019, adding that some kind of retaliation from Iran, led by its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (pictured), is \u2018likely\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scheme, due to come into force in July, means anyone who is directed by Iran to carry out activities in the UK must declare it or face five years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Home Office will also introduce new laws that will allow the UK to proscribe state-based groups such as Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes as a British man, who is alleged to have links with the IRGC, was arrested on suspicion of espionage and terrorism offences in Cyprus<\/a> over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local media reported that he had been keeping RAF Akrotiri \u2013 the UK\u2019s most important airbase for operations in the Middle East \u2013 under surveillance.\u2018Hours, not days\u2019 before Britons trapped in Israel are evacuated<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The world is facing a \u2018new era\u2019 of terrorism after the US strikes on Iran, experts warned yesterday. Donald Trump\u2019s surprise decision to attack Tehran\u2019s nuclear facilities \u2013 just days after the US President seemed to back away from the idea \u2013 radically increases the risk of \u2018likely\u2019 retaliation, former UK national security adviser Lord Ricketts…<\/p>\n

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