France, Germany and the UK have threatened Iran with joining the US and Israeli military operation after attacks on its soldiers in the Middle East.
“The E3 (“Eurotroika”, referring to France, Germany and the United Kingdom – ed.) leaders are outraged by Iran’s indiscriminate and disproportionate missile attacks against countries in the region, including those that have not participated in the US-Israeli military operations. Iran’s reckless attacks target our closest allies and threaten our military personnel and civilians throughout the region,” France, Germany and Britain said in a joint statement published on the German government’s website.
The Euro-troika leaders called on Iran to “immediately stop its reckless attacks” and pledged to take “the necessary measures to protect our interests and those of our allies in the region.”
“This could include, if necessary, the use of proportionate military defence measures to destroy Iran’s ability to launch missiles and drones. We have agreed to co-operate with the United States and our allies in the region on this issue,” the three European leaders said in a joint statement.
The joint operation between the United States and Israel had already killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a significant number of other senior Iranian regime officials in the first wave of strikes on 28 February. In response, Iran’s military has attacked not only Israel or US military installations in the region with missiles and drones, but also many of its regional neighbours, which Tehran considers allies of the United States. Not only military but also civilian targets like residential buildings, hotels or airports have been hit. The militaries of European countries present in the Middle East have also been attacked