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2026-10-01 · Aljazeera

UK PM Burnham says Iran likely behind RAF base incident: Is there evidence?

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said the UK’s security services have “strong indications” of Iranian involvement in the incident at a British Royal Air Force (RAF) station near Fairford this week in which five men were arrested before they were released on bail. The five British men were spotted near the airbase and arrested on Sunday on suspicion of “terrorism” and explosives offences, before they were released. The United States has used the British base to carry out operations in various conflicts, including to deploy bombers in its war against Iran. Iran has strongly denied any involvement with the airbase incident, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi saying British authorities are “barking up the wrong tree”.

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