UK police arrest dual UK-Iranian national over Fairford air base incident
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British police on Thursday arrested a British-Iranian dual national in connection with the security incident at the Fairford airbase Wednesday. Five other men initially arrested over the incidence were later released without charge on bail.
A B-1 bomber takes off from RAF Fairford in Fairford, England on September 29, 2026. © Alastair Grant, AP
British counter-terrorism police investigating a suspected plot involving an airbase used by the US to target Iran said on Thursday they had arrested a dual UK-Iranian national on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.
In an incident which triggered a huge police response, raised alarm among Western allies, and remains largely unexplained, five British men in their 20s were arrested on Sunday on suspected terrorism and explosive offences near RAF Fairford in western England .
The men were later released without charge on police bail.
But counter-terrorism police said they were considering whether a foreign state had been involved in the incident and Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Wednesday it might have had an Iranian link .
Iran has said accusations it was involved were baseless and on Thursday summoned the British ambassador in Tehran over the issue.
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