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Two men rearrested on Iran spying suspicion
British police rearrest two men under the National Security Act over a suspected Iranian plot at a U.S. air base in England last month.
In brief
British police rearrest two men under the National Security Act over a suspected Iranian plot at a U.S. air base in England last month. British police rearrested two men on suspicion of assisting Iran's intelligence service in a suspected plot against RAF Fairford, a U.S.-run air base in western England. Originally…
Two men rearrested in Iran plot
British police rearrested a 24-year-old British national and a 25-year-old dual U.K.-Iranian national on Tuesday under the National Security Act on suspicion of assisting Iran's intelligence service.
Suspected plot at RAF Fairford
Police are investigating a suspected terror plot on September twenty-seventh against the U.S.-run base at RAF Fairford in western England. Residents were evacuated and police found gasoline in three vans but no explosives.
Iranian involvement considered highly likely
Laurence Taylor, head of National Counter Terrorism Policing in the U.K., said detectives consider it highly likely that there is Iranian state involvement. Five other men remain on bail and no one has been charged.
“we consider it highly likely that there is Iranian state involvement”
The headline
British police rearrested two men on suspicion of assisting Iran's intelligence service in a suspected plot against RAF Fairford, a U.S.-run air base in western England.
