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Iran Strikes Diego Garcia: First Attack on US-UK Indian Ocean Base Marks Geographic Escalation
Tehran fires two intermediate-range missiles 4,000 kilometers from Iran—double its publicly stated limit—hours after UK authorizes base use against Iranian targets.
Geopolitics
Starmer’s Iran Calculus: Base Access, Blair’s Ghost, and Labour’s Marginal Seat Problem
Prime Minister's approval of US strikes from UK soil resurrects toxic political memories—and exposes Labour to electoral risk in constituencies won by knife-edge margins.