Iranian National Arrested In Terror Plot At U.S. Bomber Base

Officials in the United Kingdom arrested a dual U.K.-Iranian national Thursday in connection with a suspected terror plot involving an air base used by American warplanes carrying out strikes against Iran.

Counterterrorism police said the 25-year-old man was arrested in Westminster, London, “on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts” as part of the investigation into Sunday’s incident near the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford air base, The New York Post reported. The alleged attack was directed at RAF Fairford — ostensibly because the United States is using that location to launch attacks against Iran.

The suspected terror plot was uncovered by a local resident who noticed something amiss, and five British men were arrested on Sunday and later released on bail without being charged. Counterterrorism officials said at the time they were investigating the possibility that a foreign state was involved.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Wednesday that investigators had found indications of Iranian involvement.

“There are strong indications that Iran played a part in what happened over the weekend at RAF Fairford,” he said. “We can confirm our belief that we believe Iran to have played a part.”

He also said British officials were working closely with their American counterparts and defended the decision to release the five suspects on bail.

“When it says ‘released,’ that isn’t as people might think. It’s obviously with the strictest possible bail conditions,” he added.

Fairford, according to The Post, is the air base of choice from which to launch U.S. missions against Iran, mainly because it has an extended runway — which stretches out for two miles — that has been reinforced so that it can handle the weight of B-1 and B-52 bombers.

Thus far, Iranian officials have strongly denied any involvement in the planned attack — which was reportedly foiled when a local farmer called authorities after observing Middle Eastern men running away from utility vans that did not have proper phone numbers on them.

Another report from The Times of London suggested that one of the suspects had called police, leading to the initial five arrests. None of the suspects have yet been publicly identified.

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