Britain, France and Germany have said they may be willing to join U.S. military action in Iran.
In a joint statement on Sunday, the three countries pledged to protect their interests and those of their Gulf allies, stating the possible need “defensive action” against Iran if required.
“E3 leaders are appalled by the indiscriminate and disproportionate missile attacks launched by Iran against countries in the region, including those who were not involved in initial US and Israeli military operations,” they wrote.
The statement continued:
Iran’s reckless attacks have targeted our close allies and are threatening our service personnel and our civilians across the region.We call on Iran to stop these reckless attacks immediately.
We will take steps to defend our interests and those of our allies in the region, potentially through enabling necessary and proportionate defensive action to destroy Iran’s capability to fire missiles and drones at their source.
We have agreed to work together with the US and allies in the region on this matter.
France has already deployed its Charles De Gaulle aircraft carrier from the Baltic Sea to the eastern Mediterranean in anticipation of joining the operation.
The joint statement came as the U.S. and Israel continued to pound targets across Iran on Sunday, with U.S. B-2 stealth bombers striking ballistic missile facilities using 2,000-pound bombs.
President Trump announced on social media that nine Iranian warships had been sunk and that Iran’s naval headquarters had been “largely destroyed.”
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More than 200 people have been killed in Iran since the start of the operation, according to Iranian authorities.
The conflict was triggered by a joint U.S.-Israeli operation on Saturday that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and a senior security adviser.
The CIA had been tracking the movements of senior Iranian leaders, including Khamenei, for months, with the timing of the strikes adjusted based on intelligence shared with Israeli officials.
Iran retaliated by firing missiles at Israel and the Gulf Arab states. In Israel, a strike on a synagogue in the central town of Beit Shemesh killed nine people and wounded 28.
Meanwhile, the U.S. military reported three service members killed and five seriously wounded.
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