Green Party leader condemns attacks on Iran
He told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme: “We’ve seen what I would say is an illegal and unprovoked attack/;
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has condemned the attacks in Iran, branding them “illegal and unprovoked”.
He told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme: “We’ve seen what I would say is an illegal and unprovoked attack.
“We’ve got a Defence Secretary saying that diplomacy is the long runway we need but won’t condemn Donald Trump when he attacks a country and assassinates its leader.
“That’s the law of the jungle. That’s an end to international law.
“It’s quite astounding that we have a Prime Minister that seems singularly incapable of standing up to Donald Trump and letting the UK stand on its own two feet, and I’m worried the UK is going to be pulled into another illegal war.”
Meanwhile, an “all-out war” seems unlikely after the US-Israeli strikes in Iran, but “destabilisation” in the region is likely, the head of a foreign affairs think tank has said.
Asked on the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme for her “best-case scenario” after the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Chatham House chief executive Bronwen Maddox said: “Best case is that the protesters begin to come out again on the streets.
“They find that they are not shot down, they begin to produce leaders or a leader, and realise that they can actually change the whole regime.”
Asked for a worst-case scenario, she said: “That the Revolutionary Guard are still… show themselves to be very much in control of the country, that they continue to hit other countries… which not only destabilises the region, but it encourages our country to pull away from the US and pull away from any talks about stabilising Gaza and the West Bank.”
She added: “I don’t think it’s realistic to see an all-out war, because so many countries don’t want it but a destabilisation and the Gulf and Saudi Arabia pulling away from the US – I think that is likely.”
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