UK defence secretary accuses Iran of ‘bare-faced cheek’ over terrorist labels for British armed forces

UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting on Monday accused Iran of “bare-faced cheek” after Tehran branded the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force “terrorist organisations,” Anadolu reports. The Iranian move, which also included labelling MI6 a “hostile group,” came in response to the British decision to outlaw support for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Responding to Tehran’s move during a joint news conference in Berlin with German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, Streeting said Iran had a record of “state-sponsored terrorism.” “The charge levelled at the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force by Iran doesn’t really dignify a response,” he said, adding that he was minded to put press clippings of the accusations in his downstairs toilet “as a trophy.” He […]