A B1 bomber prepares to take off as police officers man a checkpoint near RAF Fairford.Iran “played a part” in the suspected RAF Fairford terror plot, Andy Burnham has revealed.
The prime minister said “there are strong indications” that Tehran was involved in the incident.
It is the first time the UK government has drawn a direct link between the Iranian regime and the incident, which led to the arrest of five men on suspicion of explosives offences and terrorism.
That followed the discovery of three suspicious vans near the RAF base, has been used by the American military to launch bombing raids on Iran.
The five men, who were all British nationals from London, were subseque...
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