Incident at US military base: Burnham: Iran probably responsible for military base incident

Several men are suspected of planning an attack on a military base in Great Britain. Now the British Prime Minister says: Those were the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

London. According to British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Iran is most likely behind the incident at a US military base in England. "I can confirm our assessment that the attack was most likely coordinated in Iran and almost certainly directed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," he told Parliament in London.

Burnham announced sanctions. “We will crack down on Iran’s use of criminal networks and use our full range of powers to target these networks and their financial flows.”

In a joint statement, the governments of the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and numerous European countries, including Germany, condemned violent Iranian attacks in response to the British assessment. Deadly plots, sabotage and cyber attacks were explicitly mentioned in the statement shared by the US State Department.

From arrests to bomber withdrawal - what happened before

At the end of September, five men were arrested near the British military base RAF Fairford, which is used by the US Air Force. You are suspected of preparing a terrorist act. She is also being investigated on suspicion of violating the Explosives Act. They have since been released under strict conditions. In the following days, two other suspects were arrested and then also released under conditions.

The Pentagon unexpectedly withdrew all long-range bombers from the base earlier this month. US President Donald Trump spoke of threats without giving further details. US media reported that fears of a possible Iranian drone attack were the reason for this.

There were urgent concerns about a potential complex attack ordered by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, wrote the Wall Street Journal, citing US and European officials briefed on the matter. The planned attack was part of a complex Iranian plot aimed at attacking the aircraft and killing personnel at the RAF Fairford base, including US pilots.