Jeremy Hunt says he will consider backing the US against Iran (Image: GETTY)
The Foreign Secretary confirmed the UK would consider requests for military support from the US “on a case-by-case basis”. Mr Hunt said: “We will stand by the United States as our strongest ally but of course we have to consider any requests for military support on a case-by-case basis. We do strongly believe that the solution is for Iran to stop its destabilising activity throughout the Middle East and we are very concerned about the sabotaging of tankers that has happened recently, which is almost certainly Iran, and we’re constantly in touch with the United States.
“We want to de-escalate the situation but we are of course extremely worried.”
Tensions have risen in the Strait of Hormuz since Iran shot down an unmanned American Global Hawk surveillance drone.
Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted a map saying the drone, also widely used for carrying out military strikes, had entered his country’s airspace on May 26.
Washington has blamed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard for attacking two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil shipping route, this
