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Two Iranian nationals have been charged in Britain over an alleged Manchester terror plot targeting the Jewish community, counter-terrorism police announced on Friday. Salam Ahmadyan, 36, of Liverpool, and Rahman Salehi, 34, of Salford, face a terrorism-preparation charge after what police believe was a plot that has now been disrupted. Officers say the pair were in contact with a third party overseas who may be in Iran, but authorities have not said the Iranian state directed the plan. What the Manchester terror plot charges allege Both men were charged with engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts. Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) alleges they received instructions for making a chlorine bomb and acquired the liquids, components and equipment needed to build an improvis...

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...

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Two Iranian Men Charged Over Alleged Plot Targeting Manchester’s Jewish Community

UK-Iranian Man Arrested in RAF Fairford Inquiry as Police Weigh Foreign-State Role