UK Counter-Terrorism Police Charge Two Men with Assisting Iranian Intelligence in RAF Fairford Case
British counter-terrorism police charged two men October 20 with assisting Iranian intelligence in connection with the September 27 RAF Fairford incident; the head of UK Counter Terrorism Policing stated Iranian state involvement remains highly likely.
Five British Nationals Arrested in Plot Targeting US Air Force Base
Police stopped three vans near RAF Fairford before dawn on September 27 and arrested five British nationals on terrorism suspicion; MI5 raised its alert posture for Iranian networks in the UK while counter-terrorism investigators examine a possible Iranian connection.