UK-Iranian Man Arrested in RAF Fairford Inquiry as Police Weigh Foreign-State Role
Counter-terrorism police have made a new arrest in the RAF Fairford investigation, detaining a 25-year-old man holding both British and Iranian nationality. Fairford is the Gloucestershire air base used by US forces, and the man was detained in Westminster, London, on 1 October on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. No one connected to the case has been charged, and police have not said what role they believe he played.
The arrest widens a case that has raised alarm among Western allies since the early hours of Sunday 27 September. It also lands at a politically charged moment: the UK government has said publicly that it believes Iran was involved, while Tehran calls the accusation baseless. What follows separates what police have established from what officials, governments and medi...