Keir Starmer backs US strike on Iran and calls for Tehran to return to talks

<p>Prime minister says Iran’s nuclear programme is a ‘grave threat to international security’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/22/israel-iran-war-live-trump-says-us-has-attacked-nuclear-sites-in-iran-including-fordow">Middle East crisis – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Keir Starmer has backed the US strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities and called on Iran to return to negotiations, saying the country’s nuclear programme was a “grave threat to international security”.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/21/trump-us-nuclear-strikes-iran">Donald Trump announced overnight</a> that the US had bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, joining Israel’s attack on the Tehran regime.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/22/starmer-backs-us-strike-on-iran-and-calls-for-tehran-to-return-to-negotiations">Continue reading...</a>