The confrontation between Washington and Tehran has worsened following the US killing of a top Iranian general in a drone attack on Friday, 3 December, with the two sides exchanging inflammatory rhetoric and threats as European leaders scramble to defuse the situation.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly uttered the abrupt, four-letter response of “F***” when he was informed of US President Donald Trump 's drone attack near Baghdad International Airport that killed a top Iranian general, reports the Mirror.
The Prime Minister, who has been enjoying a luxury Caribbean island holiday with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds since Boxing Day, was informed of the killing of General Qassem Soleimani, who headed the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force, over the phone on Friday, 3 December, as Britain was reportedly given no advance notice of the attack, which came to its attention only because British troops are stationed alongside US forces in Baghdad.
10 Downing Street has not offered an official comment on Johnson's reaction to the news of Friday's air strike.
The Prime Minister is expected to return to London in time for ministerial meetings at Number 10 Downing Street set for Monday, 6 December.
According to the Sunday Mirror, no ministerial COBRA meetings have taken place in the Prime Minister's absence to discuss the crisis.
Boris Johnson is yet to offer a public comment on the general's killing.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who…
Of course. One call from Iran and England and France will explode from inside out. They were invaded long ago and don’t know what to do.