The Cyprus government denied reports of a threat to the island, after UK Defence Secretary John Healey confirmed on Sunday that Iran had fired two missiles towards Cyprus.
Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Sunday: “Regarding statements and reports referring to the launching of missiles towards Cyprus, it is clarified that this is not true and there is no indication whatsoever that there was a threat to the country.”
Σε σχέση με δηλώσεις και δημοσιεύματα που αναφέρονται σε εκτόξευση πυραύλων προς την κατεύθυνση της Κύπρου, διευκρινίζεται ότι δεν ισχύει και ούτε υπάρχει οποιαδήποτε ένδειξη ότι υπήρξε απειλή για τη χώρα.
— Λετυμπιώτης Κων/νος (@letymbiotis) March 1, 2026
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Healey told Sky News on Sunday it was not yet clear if the missiles were deliberately targeting UK facilities on the island. “We are pretty sure they weren’t targeted at our bases,” he said, describing Iran’s response as “indiscriminate”.
Healey said 300 British personnel were near targets in Bahrain and warned of wider regional fallout after the US-Israel strikes. “Some of them within a few hundred yards of where they landed,” he said.
Speaking to Sky News, Healey added: “Few people will mourn the Ayatollah’s death”, referring to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who was killed in the joint US-Israeli strikes on Saturday. However, he stressed his greater concern was the potential fallout from the strikes on Iran and the risk of wider regional escalation.
Healey declined to comment on the legality of US-Israeli strikes on Iran, saying: “That is for the US to set out and explain. It’s not for me; as defence secretary of the UK, I’m here to speak for the UK”.
He reiterated calls for Iran to halt its missile attacks and abandon its weapons programmes.
The UK maintains two Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus at Akrotiri and Dhekelia, housing thousands of British military personnel.
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