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Two men charged in UK with helping Iran over RAF Fairford incident

Al-Monitor27 October 2026, 09:46 UTCUnited Kingdom

LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - British prosecutors said on Tuesday they had charged two men under the National Security Act over an incident last month at the RAF Fairford airbase, with police saying the two were suspected of assisting Iran.RAF Fairford had been used by US bombers to carry out strikes on Iran, but they were withdrawn on security grounds shortly after five British men were arrested outside the military base in southwest England in the early hours of September 27.

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