UK: Theresa May 'clear-eyed' over Iran threat

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Theresa May 'clear-eyed' over Iran threat

Theresa May will say she is "clear-eyed" about the threat posed by Iran to the security of the Gulf and Middle East, in a speech in Bahrain.

The prime minister will stress the importance of the deal struck last year which "neutralised" the possibility of the country acquiring nuclear weapons.

But she will add that the UK will work with Gulf states to counteract Iran's "aggressive regional actions".

US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to scrap the nuclear deal.

Signed by Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers - the US, UK, France, China and Russia plus Germany - the deal lifted crippling economic sanctions, after the International Atomic Energy Agency certified that Iran had restricted its sensitive nuclear activities.

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