LONDON: Britain has raised the threat level for military forces and diplomats in Iraq because of a heightened security risk from Iran, Sky News said on Thursday.
A spokeswoman for Britain's Foreign Office declined to immediately comment on the report, butÌýPrime Minister Theresa May's spokeswoman said that theÌýforeign office has adapted its London staffing relating to Iran.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said that Britain shares the same assessment as the United States of the heightened threat posed by IranÌýon Thursday.
Hunt said he had discussed Iran with USÌýSecretary of State Mike Pompeo last week in London, and again in Brussels on Monday. "As always we work closely with the US," he said on Twitter.
. and I discussed last week in London and again in Brussels on Monday. We share the same assessment of the heightened threat posed by Iran. As always we work closely with the US
— Jeremy Hunt (@Jeremy_Hunt)
Britain also put its personnel and their families in ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Kuwait and Qatar on an increased state of alert, Sky said.
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