The U-turn followed Iran's threat to 'irreversibly destroy' essential infrastructure and energy facilities across the Middle East on Sunday, in an alarming escalation of rhetoric. It comes after Tehran launched two ballistic missiles towards targeting the joint UK-US military base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, 2,361 miles from Iran. It is that Iran may have demonstrated reach far beyond what much of the world believed it possessed. 'This would mean the missile threat is no longer confined to the Gulf, Israel, or parts of South Asia. Roger Macmillan, a terrorism and security specialist, told the Daily Mail: 'Iran’s terror network doesn’t stop at the Middle East.
Source: Daily Mail March 23, 2026 21:11 UTC