Iran's Foreign Minister directly refutes British Prime Minister's claim that he was behind the air force base attack

(Cairo = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Sang-hoon = On the 1st (local time), Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi directly refuted British Prime Minister Andy Burnham's claim that Iran was involved in the terrorist plot at Britain's Fairford Air Force Base, saying, "You are making a mistake."

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He added, “The measures to release terrorists believed to be working for foreign countries say it all.” It was not elaborated on what this remark specifically meant.

In an interview with the BBC the previous day, Prime Minister Burnham said, "There is strong evidence that Iran was involved" in relation to the incident that occurred over the weekend near Fairford Air Force Base in southwest England, which is jointly used by the U.S. military. At the British government level, Iran was publicly identified as the mastermind behind this incident.

Previously, British local media had been raising suspicions that Iran was behind the incident since the 27th of last month, immediately after the incident, but the Iranian Embassy in the UK has completely denied these suspicions.