US President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) said Washington would consider further action against Iran following allegations by the United Kingdom and its allies linking Tehran to an incident at the RAF Fairford airbase in Gloucestershire.
Speaking to reporters before travelling to Ohio for a midterm election campaign rally, Trump was asked whether there would be any action against Iran after Western countries alleged its involvement in the incident.
“We are going to see. There’s plenty of action against. When you say actions against Iran, they have no Navy, no Air Force. Their inflation now is 301 per cent,” Trump said.
Trump’s remarks came after the UK government and several allied countries issued a joint statement on Monday (local time), condemning what they called Iran’s use of hostile activities against them and their partners.
The joint statement, published on the official website of the UK government, recognised Britain’s attribution of Iran’s involvement in the incident at RAF Fairford on September 27.
“We recognise the United Kingdom’s attribution of Iran’s involvement in the incident at RAF Fairford on 27 September,” the statement read.
It added that the UK had concluded that the incident demonstrated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) “continued willingness to project hostile activity beyond its borders through covert networks and proxy actors”.