Iran denies involvement in suspected terror plot at UK airbase
Counterterrorism police say the five remain under investigation after extensive interviews, and they are examining whether the case involved proxies for a foreign state.
- On Sunday, five British men were arrested near Royal Air Force Fairford in Gloucestershire on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act and explosives offenses after police stopped three vehicles traveling toward the military base.
- The arrests followed a resident's report of 'suspicious vehicles' near the base, which hosts American B-1 and American B-52 bombers and has faced threats from Iran after warning such facilities are 'legitimate targets.'
- Counterterror detectives are investigating 'multiple lines of inquiry' including potential Iranian links, after releasing the suspects on bail Monday while army bomb-disposal experts examined three white vans near the installation.
- U.S. President Donald Trump claimed the plot was 'looking to do big damage,' while the Iranian Embassy in London 'categorically rejects' any involvement, dismissing recent allegations as unfounded.
- This incident occurs amid heightened security concerns, as MI5 chief Ken McCallum warned last year that his agency tracked more than 20 potentially lethal Iran-backed plots, a tempo exceeding other adversaries.
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UK air base ‘terrorism’ plot probe continues after suspects released on bail
Police roadblocks and a cordon remained in place in the southwestern British village of Whelford on Tuesday morning, as the investigation continued into a possible terrorist plot near a key U.S. air base, with five men suspected of involvement arrested on Sunday but released on [...]
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RAF Fairford Terror Arrests: Iran Condemns 'Malicious' Speculation, Rupert Lowe Questions 'British' Label
Nigel Farage questioned the description of five men arrested near RAF Fairford as British nationals, while Iran denied involvement and counter-terrorism police said the investigation continued.
Washington was amazed by London's decision to release suspects detained near the RAF Fairford base in western England for the time being. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that "the hand of a foreign actor was involved in the incident in Britain, in which five men were arrested on suspicion that ...
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