US steps up Iran war fears and moves military assets into Middle East as UK becomes more of a terror target

America is moving more military assets into the Middle East in preparations for a major escalation in the war on Iran, exposing allied countries like the UK to further risk of attack. At the same time Iran has made further threats towards the UK, designating our intelligence agencies and military services as terrorist in nature, sparking fears of more escalation. Tehran has also made it clear it does not distinguish between the UK helping defend our allies against Iranian attack and taking part in waging war on Iran.

Iran is suspected of locating possible targets for attack by Iran across Europe including locations in the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and other European countries. To see more of the stories you love from The Mirror and to find them easily in Google then make us your preferred source. Free and easy-to-do, just click on the link here to find more from The Mirror at the top of your feed. Huge C-17 warplanes have been moved up to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Qatar via Israel to help with a retaliation from Tehran’s forces who are increasingly eyeing up Britain for attack.

The planes were flown in from their bases in Germany and Texas even in the final hours before the mid-term ballots were taken across the US. More than ten C-17 transport planes, along with C-5M Galaxy craft for large-scale military equipment transport have been sent. It is believed they are packed with Patriot and THAAD defence missiles to help protect American bases from mid-term elections. It is now widely known that behind-the-scenes negotiations between the US and Tehran have failed to find a solution to the ongoing conflict.

US President Donald Trump had declared the US will not attack Iran before the mid-term elections but the region has been braced for warfare after the polls. According to latest intelligence assessments Europe is now increasingly becoming a target for retaliation from Iran-sponsored terror proxies and radicalised groups or individuals. One intelligence assessment out this week says: “The expansion of public targeting to European infrastructure represents a sophisticated blend of coercive diplomacy and operational signaling. ‘While a conventional military engagement by Iran against European territory remains highly improbable, the risk of asymmetric activity ranging from state-directed cyber operations to localised disruption by radicalised domestic sympathisers warrants consideration.”

This week the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced Tehran had designated Britain's Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and MI6 as "terrorist and hostile" entities. Britain has been at pains not to openly support the US attacks on Iran but it has helped shoot down incoming drones to protect bases in the Middle East and elsewhere. A number of men were arrested by counter-terror police last month whilst outside RAF Fairford, in Gloucestershire, where the US had stored B1 bombers and other warplanes.

That investigation is ongoing.