# Iran issues horror WW3 threat to strike 5 UK towns – map shows targets

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/iran-issues-horror-ww3-threat-to-strike-5-uk-towns-map-shows-targets/
- Published: 2026-11-11T15:58:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T21:13:15+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Express (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2265384/iran-issues-horror-ww3-threat
- Topics: Americas, Entertainment, Horror, Middle East, UK, World

## Key points

- Iran warned it could strike distant US bases if America attacks.
- An Iranian newspaper map named three British airbases.
- No confirmation that Iran selected all five UK sites as targets.

## Summary

Iranian Major General Mohsen Rezaei warned that Tehran could target distant US bases in Europe if the United States attacks Iran, raising concerns about facilities used by American forces in Britain. The warning was not a specific threat against British bases, and Iran has not confirmed selecting all five UK locations as targets.

A map published on 3 November by the Iranian newspaper Hamshahri marked RAF Fairford, RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath; RAF Croughton and RAF Menwith Hill also host US forces but were not named on the map. Two US refuelling aircraft were reportedly diverted from Mildenhall to Germany on 9 November, and security measures at Mildenhall and Lakenheath were reportedly raised to the second-highest threat level. The Ministry of Defence said aircraft and other assets move regularly for operational reasons.

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