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Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hunt-backs-washington-over-iran-threat-q0v0mlxt3
Britain Backs Washington over Iran Threat
(The Times-UK) Lucy Fisher and Catherine Philp - British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Thursday that Britain and the U.S. share "the same assessment of the heightened threat posed by Iran." His intervention overrode remarks by Maj.-Gen. Chris Ghika, the most senior Briton in the U.S.-led mission against Islamic State, who appeared to contradict Washington's claims of a credible threat from Iran in the Middle East. Despite the officer's comments on Tuesday, it is understood that Britain had in fact increased its assessment of the threat level posed to its military personnel and diplomats in Iraq amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran.