Afghanistan, Oct. 21 -- British counter-terrorism police have re-arrested two men on suspicion of assisting Iranian intelligence in an investigation into a security incident near RAF Fairford, a military airbase in southwest England used by the United States Air Force.
The arrests took place on Tuesday, October 20, under the UK's National Security Act 2023. Police identified the suspects as a 24-year-old British national and a 25-year-old dual British-Iranian national, according to reports by Reuters.
Counter Terrorism Policing said the country linked to the investigation was Iran. Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, head of UK counter-terrorism policing, said investigators considered Iranian state involvement highly likely, but stres...