After Trump's 'Disappointment', PM Starmer Says UK Will Allow US To Use Its Bases To Strike Iran

Last Updated:March 02, 2026, 18:31 IST

Starmer confirmed the UK will allow US use of British bases for defensive strikes on Iranian missile sites, stressing lessons from Iraq and no UK involvement in offensive action.

After Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said the UK has agreed to the US’s request to use British military bases for “defensive" strikes on Iranian missile sites.

BBC quoted the PM saying the UK had learned lessons from the “mistakes of Iraq", and was not involved in the initial strikes on Iran and “will not join offensive action now".

This comes after US Donald Trump said that he was “very disappointed" with Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s initial refusal to allow Washington to use British military bases for defensive strikes against Iran.

In an exclusive interview, Trump described Starmer’s initial hesitation over the use of the Indian Ocean Chagos Islands base as unprecedented. “It took far too much time. Far too much time," he said, adding that the delay was unlike anything that had “happened between our countries before".

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