British candidates warned that they do not support a war against Iran

Boris Johnson, the favorite to become the next Prime Minister of Great BritainHe warned Donald Trump that he would not support US-led military attacks on Iran, as the transatlantic alliance was under tension.

During a debate with his rival on the leadership of the UK Conservative Party, Johnson said the Tehran government was a "troubling" and "difficult" regime. Military action is not "a reasonable option for us in the West".

"Diplomacy must be the best way forward," Johnson said. "If I were prime minister now and were asked if I would support any military action against Iran, the answer would be" no "."

The US government regarding Iran, they said that they were not looking for a war. The president said that a military action remained an option, but canceled a planned airstrike in retaliation for Iran's attack on an American drone last month, preferring instead a strengthening of sanctions.

But Johnson's comments, which rule out any involvement in US-led military action, may undermine Trump's attempts to pressure Iran to control its nuclear ambitions and end its destabilizing activities in the United States. region.

US Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, a rival of the Conservative leadership, said a conflict could be an accident.

The two candidates for the post of prime minister clashed at a debate organized by The Sun, a tabloid in the United Kingdom. Relations between the United Kingdom and the United States They are already tense and Johnson and Hunt have both joined the group of critics against Trump for his tweet about Democratic lawmakers.

He questions his opinion on Trump's Sunday series of tweets suggesting that four US lawmakers, led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, are returning to "decayed and crime-infested places from where they came from." . "

Johnson said the tweets were unacceptable. "When you run a large multicultural, multiracial society, you simply can not use that kind of language," he said. Hunt said the comments were "totally offensive".