Two men appeared in a London court charged under Britain's National Security Act following a security incident at the RAF Fairford military base on Tuesday, with prosecutors alleging one of them tried to help Iranian intelligence in the UK. Mohammed Abdulkarim, 24, a British citizen, was charged with conduct likely to assist a foreign intelligence service between August 31 and September 28. He appeared in court with Noman Asgir, a 24-year-old dual British-Iranian national, who was arrested outside RFF Fairford on September 27 and charged with trespassing for a purpose affecting the UK on August 22. Prosecutors said Abdulkarim arranged for five men to travel to RFF Fairford at the behest of a man named "Ali". The men bought about £300 worth of petrol which was stored in drums. "One of them was told there was a bomb in the van... (and) one of them called 999," said prosecutor Louise Gray. Asgir conducted a tour of the base under Ali's instructions in August and was in one of the vans that went to RAF Fairford the following month. After being told about the bomb, Asgir texted "Ali" asking "wtf (what the hell) is going on" but got no reply. Abdulkarim was granted bail for his next court appearance in November, while Asgir remains in custody. Six other people, four British nationals who were arrested outside RFF Fairford on September 27, remain on police bail. The decision to release suspects on bail after the incident drew scrutiny, but police said it helped secure the charges against the two men.

Two men appeared in a London court charged under Britain's National Security Act following a security incident at the RAF Fairford military base on Tuesday, with prosecutors alleging one of them tried to help Iranian intelligence in the UK. Mohammed Abdulkarim, 24, a British citizen, was charged with conduct likely to assist a foreign intelligence service between August 31 and September 28. He appeared in court with Noman Asgir, a 24-year-old dual British-Iranian national, who was arrested outside RFF Fairford on September 27 and charged with trespassing for a purpose affecting the UK on August 22. Prosecutors said Abdulkarim arranged for five men to travel to RFF Fairford at the behest of a man named "Ali". The men bought about £300 worth of petrol which was stored in drums. "One of them was told there was a bomb in the van... (and) one of them called 999," said prosecutor Louise Gray. Asgir conducted a tour of the base under Ali's instructions in August and was in one of the vans that went to RAF Fairford the following month. After being told about the bomb, Asgir texted "Ali" asking "wtf (what the hell) is going on" but got no reply. Abdulkarim was granted bail for his next court appearance in November, while Asgir remains in custody. Six other people, four British nationals who were arrested outside RFF Fairford on September 27, remain on police bail. The decision to release suspects on bail after the incident drew scrutiny, but police said it helped secure the charges against the two men.