TEHRAN, July 27 (HS/RIA Novosti) - Iran is aware that the United States used the United Kingdom's bases to launch attacks on its territory and wants it to be held accountable for its complicity in military aggression against the Islamic Republic, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei said on Monday.

Bloomberg reported on July 21 that new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham had approved the use of UK bases in England and on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean by the US for strikes against Iran. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said the UK's decision violated the UN Charter.

We are aware that during the 40 days of US-Israeli aggression against Iran, the US used the UK military bases to support its military operations against Iran. The new British prime minister's statement on this issue is effectively an admission and confirmation of complicity... The British government must be held accountable for this, Baghaei said live on Iranian state television.

He criticized the UK's move to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization as being in breach of international law, adding that Tehran would take action.

On July 8, Trump declared that the ceasefire reached with Iran on the night of June 18 was no longer in effect. Since July 8, the US military has carried out several attacks on Iran. US Central Command claimed that this was in response to Iran's actions against commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran responded with strikes on US bases in the Middle East and accused Washington of violating the ceasefire agreement.

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