British prosecutors charge two men in alleged plot to target US air base in Gloucestershire British authorities on Tuesday charged two men under the National Security Act in connection with an alleged intelligence plot targeting RAF Fairford, a major US-run air base in southwest England. The Crown Prosecution Service charged a 24-year-old British-Iranian citizen with aiding Iranian intelligence, while a 24-year-old British citizen was charged with entering a prohibited military site for purposes detrimental to national security. Six other people arrested in connection with the investigation have been released on bail while counter-terrorism police continue to search for secondary suspects. The charges stem from a high-risk security breach on September 27 outside RFF Fairford, a forward deployment center used by US 1st Lancer heavy bombers to conduct strikes against Iranian targets during the regional war. Armed anti-terrorist units and bomb disposal squads of the army raided the countryside, initiating mass evacuations of residences as special teams searched the area for explosive devices. The incident prompted the US military to temporarily withdraw its strategic bomber fleet from the British facility, while Prime Minister Andy Burnham publicly attributed the operation to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Iranian officials rejected Western accusations of direct involvement, claiming that Tehran was acting solely within the framework of international law, while reiterating that any foreign military site used to launch attacks against Iranian territory is a legitimate military target.

British prosecutors charge two men in alleged plot to target US air base in Gloucestershire British authorities on Tuesday charged two men under the National Security Act in connection with an alleged intelligence plot targeting RAF Fairford, a major US-run air base in southwest England. The Crown Prosecution Service charged a 24-year-old British-Iranian citizen with aiding Iranian intelligence, while a 24-year-old British citizen was charged with entering a prohibited military site for purposes detrimental to national security. Six other people arrested in connection with the investigation have been released on bail while counter-terrorism police continue to search for secondary suspects. The charges stem from a high-risk security breach on September 27 outside RFF Fairford, a forward deployment center used by US 1st Lancer heavy bombers to conduct strikes against Iranian targets during the regional war. Armed anti-terrorist units and bomb disposal squads of the army raided the countryside, initiating mass evacuations of residences as special teams searched the area for explosive devices. The incident prompted the US military to temporarily withdraw its strategic bomber fleet from the British facility, while Prime Minister Andy Burnham publicly attributed the operation to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Iranian officials rejected Western accusations of direct involvement, claiming that Tehran was acting solely within the framework of international law, while reiterating that any foreign military site used to launch attacks against Iranian territory is a legitimate military target.