Need to be 'clear-eyed' on Iran threat: UK PM May and Israel PM Netanyahu

Britain and Israel agree on theneedto be "clear-eyed" about thethreatIran poses to the Middle East, a spokesman for British Prime Minister TheresaMaysaid on Monday following a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"They agreed that the international communityneeded to be clear-eyed about thethreatthatIran poses to the Gulf and the wider Middle East and that the international community should continue working together to push back againstIran's destabilising regional activity," the spokesman said in a statement.