Britain has said that it is not right “at this point in time” for a possible strike on Iran, but is involved in military contingency planning with the US and other allies over Iran, according to the UK newspaper the Guardian.

“The UK would be in breach of international law if it facilitated what amounted to a pre-emptive strike on Iran. It is explicit. The government has been using this to push back against the Americans,” a government source told the Guardian, citing secret legal advice.

The US had pressured Britain for the use of its military bases in Cyprus, as well as facilities on Ascension Island in the Atlantic and Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. The attorney general’s office reportedly drafted and circulated legal advice throughout the British government branding a preemptive strike ‘illegal.’

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