The story in Monday’s Mirror is just the latest in a stream of London tabloid journalism predicting war on Iran.
The Mirror told its readers, “Within a fortnight, we may see an all-out American air strike on a dozen key targets in the Islamic Republic.”
It said, “Diplomatic sources in London said the withdrawal of British and other Western diplomatic missions in Tehran last week paved the way for an attack on Iran.”
However, this is wrong. No embassy in Tehran was closed except for Britain’s. Three European countries summoned their ambassadors home to show their anger at Iran, but those embassies all remain open and are staffed.