UK PM Starmer Casts Doubt on Changing Iran's Leadership 'From the Skies'

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he did not believe that an attempt to remove Iran's leadership through aerial bombardment without a land invasion would work, which was one reason the U.K. did not join U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran.

"This government does not believe in regime change from the skies," Starmer told lawmakers on Monday, emphasizing that military action needed a lawful basis and a "viable thought-through plan, with an objective that can be achieved."

"They're the principles that I applied to the decision not to get involved in the offensive strikes of the U.S. and Israel."