Two re-arrested on suspicion of assisting Iran intelligence after RAF Fairford incident
Counterterrorism police say the men were arrested under the National Security Act as investigators examine possible Iranian state involvement.
- On Tuesday, British police rearrested two men on suspicion of assisting Iran's intelligence service over a suspected plot at RAF Fairford, a US-run air base in England last month.
- Police initially launched the investigation on September 27 following suspicious activity near the Gloucestershire base, which led to the arrest of seven individuals in connection with the potential security threat.
- The two rearrested suspects—a 24-year-old British national and a 25-year-old dual U.K.-Iranian national—were detained under Section 3 of the National Security Act for allegedly aiding a foreign intelligence service.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rejected the allegations on social media, accusing officials of 'barking up the wrong tree' regarding claims of Iranian state involvement.
- Head of National Counter Terrorism Policing, Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, stated the investigation remains active and authorities consider it 'highly likely' that Iranian state involvement is a factor.
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Two men were arrested again on Tuesday by Britain's Counter-Terrorism Service as part of an investigation into suspicious activity near RAF Fairford military air base. According to British authorities, the investigation concerns possible assistance to a foreign intelligence service, with Iran at the center of the investigations. The two arrested are a 24-year-old British national and a 25-year-old man with dual British and Iranian citizenship, w…
Two suspects, who were arrested and then released in the investigation into the incident near Fairford Air Base at the end of September, were again arrested, Tuesday, this time on spying on Iran's account, reports the British anti-terrorist police, reports AFP.
"A 24-year-old British citizen and a 25-year-old British-Iranian man have been arrested on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service," police said.
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Spectrum News 132 men rearrested in U.K. on suspicion of aiding Iran in U.S. air base plot
The men were earlier arrested but had been bailed pending more investigation.
British police reported on Tuesday that they again arrested two men on suspicion of having helped the Iranian intelligence service in an incident last month involving the Fairford air base in England, used by U.S. bombers.
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