Commentator on chemical/biological weapons; adviser to the Union of Syrian Medical Charities; retired British Army officer (colonel); disaster-management lecturer at Bournemouth University.
Ukraine has attacked an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea, claiming it carried drone components for Russia. Iran says the ship was civilian and has condemned the strike as hostile and criminal, summoning Kyiv’s diplomat. The move flags growing cross-theatre leverage between the Ukraine conflict and Iran-Russia ties, with possible retaliation from Tehran.