2 men re-arrested in U.K. airbase investigation with possible ties to Iran
Police officers were deployed to the area of the airbase in the days after the incident [Getty Images] Two men have been re-arrested after an incident near RAF Fairford last month, counter-terrorism police have said. A 24-year-old UK national, and a 25-year-old dual UK-Iranian national, are being held on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service under Section 3 of the National Security Act 2023, with police saying the investigation relates to Iran. Police had been alerted to three suspicious vehicles near the US airbase in Gloucestershire in the early hours of 27 September - a…
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same re-arrests in the RAF Fairford airbase investigation with possible Iran ties, and nothing it says conflicts with Report 1.
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