Men charged over incident at UK airbase used by US, police link it to Iran

Summary

Men have been charged over an incident at RAF Fairford, the UK airbase used by US forces, which police link to Iran. NDTV reports that one of two men re-arrested a week earlier has now been charged. The Japan Times reports that two men have been charged, and says the base had been used by US bombers to carry out strikes on Iran until they were withdrawn shortly after five British men were arrested outside it. Earlier reporting says police re-arrested two men, a 24-year-old British national and a 25-year-old British-Iranian dual national, on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service in breach of the 2023 National Security Act, and that the US withdrew all its B-1 bombers from the base after the security scare. The outlets differ on how many men have been charged, and officers are continuing to probe the incident.

Timeline

1. NDTV

   27 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTCSource ↗

   NDTV reports that two men have been charged over an incident at a UK airbase used by US police link to Iran, and that one of two suspects re-arrested a week earlier has now been charged.

2. The Japan Times

   28 Oct 2026, 02:23 UTCSource ↗

   The Japan Times reports that two men have been charged in the UK over an RAF Fairford incident allegedly linked to Iran, and that the base had been used by US bombers for strikes on Iran before they were withdrawn shortly after five British men were arrested outside it.