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UK PM Burnham Blames Iran's IRGC for RAF Fairford Terror Plot, Promises New Sanctions
Read this in the Market Flux appUK Prime Minister Andy Burnham declared on October 12 that the incident at RAF Fairford was highly likely coordinated in Iran and almost certainly directed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, announcing that further sanctions against Iran would follow. The statement is his government's sharpest public attribution yet, escalating earlier language in which he had said only that there were "strong indications" of Iranian involvement.
The incident began the previous Sunday when five British nationals were arrested on suspicion of terrorist and explosives offences after police were alerted to three suspicious vehicles near Whelford, a village directly east of the base in Gloucestershire. A 27-year-old UK-Iranian dual national was subsequently arrested in Westminster on Thursday on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006. RAF Fairford serves as a key US Air Force staging post in Europe and has been used to base heavy bombers involved in American strikes on Iranian missile sites, giving the alleged plot clear strategic significance.
Iran denied any involvement. The Iranian Embassy rejected attempts to link Tehran to the arrests, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi publicly disputed Burnham's account. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expelled the Iranian delegation to the UN General Assembly in response to the broader episode.
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