{"id":536774,"date":"2026-03-21T13:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T13:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/536774\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T13:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T13:33:08","slug":"iran-launches-missile-strike-on-uk-us-base-at-diego-garcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/536774\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran launches missile strike on UK-US base at Diego Garcia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/62126_2342940_Cover_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Iran launches missile strike on UK-US base at Diego Garcia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" class=\"uploaded-jshare-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Iran launches missile strike on UK-US base at Diego Garcia<\/p>\n<p>The attack followed a decision by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to allow the US to use British bases for strikes against Iran<\/p>\n<p>In a startling expansion of the current conflict, Iran launched two intermediate-range ballistic missiles toward the joint US-UK military base on Diego on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The remote atoll located roughly 4,000 kilometers from Iranian territory serves as a critical hub for long-range bombers in the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>According to military officials, the attack failed to cause any damage. One missile reportedly malfunctioned mid-flight, while a US warship engaged the second with an SM-3 interceptor.<\/p>\n<p>While the success of the interception remains unconfirmed neither weapon reached the island.<\/p>\n<p>The strike has stunned analysts because it reveals Iran possesses a much longer reach than previously admitted. The Iranian news agency Mehr called move a \u201csignificant step that shows that the range of Iran\u2019s missiles is beyond what the enemy previously imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The attack followed a decision by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to allow the US to use British bases for strikes against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reacted sharply, stating, \u201cIgnoring his own People, Mr. Starmer is putting British lives in danger, Iran will exercise its right to self-defence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump remarked that the UK \u201cshould have acted a lot faster\u201d in providing military support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran launches missile strike on UK-US base at Diego Garcia The attack followed a decision by UK Prime&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-536774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}