{"id":90695,"date":"2026-03-02T22:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/starmer-says-uk-not-joining-strikes-on-iran-but-will-continue-defensive-action-as-it-happened\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T22:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:00:13","slug":"starmer-says-uk-not-joining-strikes-on-iran-but-will-continue-defensive-action-as-it-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/starmer-says-uk-not-joining-strikes-on-iran-but-will-continue-defensive-action-as-it-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer says UK \u2018not joining strikes\u2019 on Iran but will continue defensive action \u2013 as it happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nqenglish-card-frame\">\n<div class=\"nqenglish-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/668dfd0e228b738b77ec7dc77745aa3c2f62eb15\/285_0_1349_1079\/master\/1349.jpg?width=1200&#038;height=630&#038;quality=85&#038;auto=format&#038;fit=crop&#038;precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&#038;overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&#038;overlay-width=100p&#038;overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&#038;enable=upscale&#038;s=6fe8f99a492491b3f9269e9b47078f2a\" alt=\"Starmer says UK \u2018not joining strikes\u2019 on Iran but will continue defensive action \u2013 as it happened\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-cat lang-en\">Travel<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-headline\">Starmer says UK \u2018not joining strikes\u2019 on Iran but will continue defensive action \u2013 as it happened<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-summary\">The prime minister is explaining his decision to allow the US to use British bases for military attacks after initially refusing\u2018Simply not true\u2019 UK is being dragged into Iraq-style conflict, says foreign secretaryAfter an unmanned drone struck the RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus overnight \u2013 and two more drones heading toward the base were struck down on Monday \u2013 Greece will send two frigates and two F-16 fighter jets to Cyprus \u201cto contribute to its defence against the threats it faces,\u201d said Greek defence minister Nikos Dendias, who will also travel to Cyprus tomorrow.For the latest on Europe\u2019s response to US-Israel war on Iran, follow The Guardian\u2019s live coverage here. Continue reading&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2026\/mar\/02\/raf-cyprus-yvette-cooper-keir-starmer-us-iran-israel-uk-politics-latest-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"nqenglish-disclaimer\">Technically enhanced content presented under fair use in public-interest journalism.<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travel Starmer says UK \u2018not joining strikes\u2019 on Iran but will continue defensive action \u2013 as it happened<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":90696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowl-PACw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3563],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}