U.K. says Iran unsuccessfully targeted British-American Diego Garcia base
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Iran unsuccessfully targeted a joint U.S.-U.K. military base in the Indian Ocean, the U.K. said Saturday.
"Iran's unsuccessful targeting of Diego Garcia was before yesterday's update on the use of U.K. bases by the U.S.," the U.K.'s Ministry of Defence (MoD) told CNBC in an emailed statement.
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