Few will mourn Ali Khamenei and his evil legacy, says UK defence secretary

John Healey warns of ‘very real and rising threat’ from Iran as US and Israeli military action divides political opinion US-Israel war on Iran – latest updates The UK defence secretary has said few will mourn Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, whose death was announced after US and Israeli airstrikes. John Healey, a senior cabinet minister, described the Iranian regime as “evil” and said it had menaced the west by sponsoring at least 20 terror plots to attack the UK as well as involvement...

By Rowena Mason Whitehall editor