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Dual UK-Iranian national arrested over security incident at RAF air base in England

Five men, all British nationals in their 20s and from London, were arrested in the early hours of Sunday on suspicion of explosives and terror offenses close to the RAF Fairford base.

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00:00British police arrested a dual UK-Iranian national on Thursday on suspicion of plotting a terror attack following a security
00:07incident at a military air base in England that authorities have linked to Tehran.
00:12The 25-year-old man was arrested in central London on Thursday, and police have searched two properties in the
00:18capital, officials from counterterrorism police units revealed in a statement.
00:23It comes after Prime Minister Andy Burnham detailed on Thursday that there were strong indications of an Iranian involvement in
00:30the plot.
00:31Five men, all British nationals in their 20s and from London, were arrested in the early hours of Sunday on
00:38suspicion of terrorism close to the RAF Fairford Air Base, which has been used by U.S. bombers to strike
00:44Iran.
00:45The suspects have since been released on bail pending investigations and searches of the three vehicles linked to them, originally
00:52believed to harbor explosives.
00:54Police said after search operations, which forced the evacuations of dozens of homes in the area, that only a quantity
01:01of petrol was found, but no explosives.

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