Two men have been rearrested in the UK on suspicion of assisting Iran's intelligence service after an incident at RAF Fairford last month, where petrol was found in three vans near the base.
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01Summary
- 01Police rearrested a 24-year-old British national and a 25-year-old dual British-Iranian national under the National Security Act.
- 02One suspect was first arrested on September 27 and the other on October 1, both had been released on bail until Tuesday.
- 03The investigation is 'hugely complex' and detectives consider Iranian state involvement 'highly likely', according to Laurence Taylor of National Counter Terrorism Policing.
- 04Petrol was found in three vans near RAF Fairford, which has been used for strikes on Iran; no explosives were found.
- 05UK domestic intelligence chief Ken McCallum said more than 50 people have been arrested over Iran-linked plots in the past year.
02Why it matters
This case highlights ongoing threats to UK military bases from state-backed actors, particularly Iran, and the complexity of counter-terrorism investigations involving foreign intelligence services.
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