“The Spectator” asks its readers on Monday, March 23, “Is your nearest shelter from air raids? And how long would it take you to get there? If you live in the UK, you probably can’t answer these questions,” Two days earlier, Iranian missiles targeted the Diego Garcia atoll, a British sovereign territory located in the Indian Ocean, 4,000 kilometers from Tehran. “One of the two missiles did not reach the atoll and the other was shot down by an American ship,” notes “The Guardian.” “This is the longest-range attack by Iran since the beginning of the war led by the United States and Israel,” reports the London newspaper.
“The ability to reach the heart of Europe” And suddenly, the British press is gripped by doubt: London, too, is about 4,000 kilometers from Iranian territory. Earlier this month, Abbas Araghchi, Iranian Foreign Minister, had declared that his country had deliberately limited the range of its missiles to 2,000 kilometers, so as not to be perceived as a threat by anyone in the world,” recalls “The Daily Telegraph.” However, on Friday, March 20, Araghchi warned British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, stating that he may have.
