UK convincing US not to strike Iran due to threat of terror attacks in Europe

The UK and EU member states are urging US President Donald Trump not to strike Iran because of the threat of terror attacks in Europe, Report informs referring to The Daily Telegraph newspaper, citing diplomatic sources.

Britain and Europe have warned Donald Trump that any US attack on Iran risks endangering Westerners being held by the Islamic Republic.

Diplomatic sources told The Telegraph that Washington had also been told that military intervention could trigger a wave of terror attacks by sleeper cells across Europe.

A source told The Telegraph that the UK, France, Germany, and the EU had all urged restraint from Washington because of a possible threat to detainees held in Iran.

Two British nationals, a man and a woman, were arrested in Iran in February and accused of security-related offences. In recent years, at least 15 people with links to the UK have been arrested in the country and accused of espionage offences.

It was also relayed that a vulnerable Iran could lash out by using its network of proxies to conduct a terror campaign on the streets of Europe. This warning was designed to resonate with Trump, who himself was a target of an Iranian murder-for-hire plot.