Iran Launches Missiles At UK Bases In Cyprus

UK Defence Secretary John Healey told Sky News that two missiles launched from Iran flew in the direction of Cyprus, where British sovereign bases such as RAF Akrotiri are located.

“**UK warns of wider Iranian retaliation as British forces intercept missiles** UK Defence Secretary John Healey warned of a growing risk from what he described as “increasingly indiscriminate” Iranian retaliatory attacks after Israel and the US launched a war that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, several senior military commanders, and at least 200 civilians, while stressing that British operations in the region remain defensive”

Ahram Online

Officials said it was not yet clear whether the projectiles were deliberately aimed at those facilities.

Anadolu Ajansı

Media reporting places the launches amid the wider fallout from a US-Israeli campaign (Operation Epic Fury) and notes uncertainty about timing and intent.

Healey and other UK sources repeatedly emphasized the lack of clarity over whether UK bases were specific targets.

The strikes have placed British personnel at measurable risk.

Healey disclosed that roughly 300 UK service members were in the vicinity of Iranian strikes in Bahrain, with some reported to have been only a few hundred yards (or within 200 metres) of missile impacts.

BBC

Reports emphasize there were no UK casualties but underline how close British forces came to strikes directed elsewhere in the region.

London says its response has been defensive.

“UK Defence Secretary John Healey said two missiles fired from Iran flew in the direction of Cyprus, where UK military bases are located, though officials believe the bases were not the intended targets”

Armenia News

RAF jets have been scrambled from Cyprus and Qatar, and British air and counter-drone units have been used to intercept incoming threats and protect coalition bases.

UK ministers have stressed the operations are defensive, that Britain 'played no part' in the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, and that protecting UK forces and partners is the priority.

Several outlets reported that missiles and drones were intercepted and that there were no reported UK casualties or damage from strikes near Cyprus and other sites.

UK officials described Iran’s reprisals as increasingly 'indiscriminate' while continuing to assess whether particular launches were deliberately targeted at British assets.

Firstpost

British ministers warned the strikes risk wider regional escalation and urged Iran to 'step back' from further missile and drone launches.

“• Supreme leader killed: US President Donald Trump crossed “a very dangerous red line” after Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei was killed in US-Israeli strikes, an Iranian official told CNN”

CNN

They repeated calls for Tehran to abandon its weapons programmes and for allies to coordinate defensive measures.

Haaretz

Domestic political debate intensified, with some opposition voices urging more robust action, including possible base access for US strikes.

Government officials emphasized lawful defence and sought to avoid further escalation.