00:02Two men have been charged under the UK's National Security Act following an incident near a military
00:08airbase last month, police announced on Tuesday. The pair have been named as Mohamed Ahmad Abdul
00:14Karim, 24, and Nouman Ezgi, also 24. Abdul Karim has been accused of assisting a foreign intelligence
00:22service which police believe to be Iran's. Both were due to appear in court on Tuesday. It comes after
00:29five men were arrested near the Raf Fairford airbase in southwest England in late September
00:34after police received reports of several suspicious vehicles in the area. In July, Iran said it was
00:41aware that the base was being used by US bombers as part of Washington's military operations
00:47against Iran. Iranian authorities had warned the UK that any base used for aggression against
00:53Iranian territory constitutes a legitimate target for our forces.
00:59Iran is a former officer of the United States of the United States of the United States of the