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EU Top Envoy Warns of Larger Conflict If US Involved in Iran

Kaja Kallas in Brussels on June 17. — Kaja Kallas in Brussels on June 17.
Photographer: Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty Images

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By Max Ramsay and Andrea Palasciano

June 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM UTC

Updated on

June 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM UTC

US military involvement in the spiraling conflict between Iran and Israel risks spreading throughout the Middle East, the European Union’s top diplomat warned on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters after a video call with EU foreign ministers, the bloc’s most senior foreign policy official Kaja Kallas said it was “clear to everyone” that Iran can’t be allowed to develop a nuclear bomb — but diplomacy rather than force is the best way to prevent it.