‘Act of aggression against Iran’: Araghchi warns UK over US access to British military bases

Iranian foreign minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi (File photo) Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has warned the UK that its decision to permit the United States to use British military bases for strikes against the Islamic Republic amounts to an “act of aggression,” giving Tehran grounds to invoke its right to “self-defence.”According to Iran’s Press TV, Araghchi made the remarks during a telephone conversation with his British counterpart, Ed Miliband, on Friday.He described any cooperation with the “aggressors” — referring to the US — including arrangements made under the pretext of existing “defence agreements,” as “unacceptable.”According to Press TV, he argued that under international law and the Definition of Aggression resolution, allowing an aggressor state to use a nation’s territory and facilities to launch an "unlawful attack" against another country constitutes an act of aggression, granting the targeted state the right to resort to “self-defence.”The Iranian top diplomat also criticised what he called Britain’s “unjustified” and “inappropriate” approach toward Iran, citing London’s actions against the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps and its alleged involvement in tw...