Did Iran launch missiles at US-UK base on Diego Garcia? Here’s what to know
Al Jazeera
UK condemns what it says is Iranian attack on airbase in Indian Ocean, but Tehran denies it carried out the launches.
The United Kingdom has slammed “reckless Iranian threats” after missiles targeted a joint United States-UK military base located on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia.
Iran, however, has denied the allegations that it was behind the launch of what US media outlets said were two ballistic missiles.
The US has not officially commented on the firing of the missiles at Diego Garcia, which is 4,000km (2,500 miles) from Iran.
The incident was reported after the US and Israel launched a war on Iran on February 28, one of whose goals, they said, was to degrade Iran’s nuclear and missile programmes.
Tehran has maintained its nuclear programme is for civilian purposes. The United Nations nuclear watchdog and US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard said Iran was not on the verge of making nuclear bombs. Contrary assertions were invoked to launch the current war.
It was the first time Iranian missiles had penetrated Israeli air defence systems in the area around a key nuclear site.
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