美国国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥周四表示，伊朗可能发出的威胁并不会限制美军在欧洲及北约领土上的军事行动。
Potential Iranian threats do not limit American military operations across Europe or NATO territory, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday.
鲁比奥在结束欧洲之行、从希腊前往葡萄牙时回答提问称：“不会。凡是我们想要或需要针对伊朗采取的行动，现在依然能够实施。”
"No. There is nothing we want or need to do against Iran that we can't still do," Rubio said in response to a question as he departed Greece for Portugal on the final stop of his European tour.
今年9月下旬，因出现可疑车辆引发安全警报，美国国防部已将驻扎在格洛斯特郡费尔福德皇家空军基地的所有美军轰炸机撤回本土基地。
The Pentagon redeployed all American bombers from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire to domestic bases following a security alert in late September involving suspicious vehicles.
英国首相安迪·伯纳姆称有“充分迹象”表明伊朗与此事件有关，但伊朗方面则坚决否认这些指控。
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said there were "strong indications" of Iranian involvement in the incident, while Tehran rejected the allegations.
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普也承认，正是某些未具体说明的威胁促成了此次军事部署调整。他表示：“没错，可以这么说。那些轰炸机并非偶然离开，确实存在一些威胁。”
US President Donald Trump acknowledged that unspecified threats prompted the relocation. “Yeah, I think we can say that. They didn’t fly out by accident. There were some threats," he said.