UK prosecutors charge two after RAF Fairford incident
Summary
UK prosecutors charged two men under the National Security Act over a September incident at RAF Fairford, an English airbase used by the United States. One is accused of assisting Iran’s intelligence service, while the other is accused of entering a prohibited place; both are due in court Tuesday.Key Facts
- Mohmed Abdulkarim, a 24-year-old British-Iranian dual national, is charged with assisting Iran’s intelligence service.
- Nouman Essghir, a 24-year-old British citizen, is charged with entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the UK.
- Essghir was arrested outside RAF Fairford on September 27.
- Police and army bomb-disposal experts searched the area, and dozens of residents were evacuated from their homes.
- Abdulkarim was arrested in the week before the charges were announced.
- Six other men have been arrested and released on bail while the investigation continues.
- RAF Fairford, in Gloucestershire, was used by US bombers during the US-Israeli war on Iran this year.
- UK counterterrorism police said they believed Iran was the country Abdulkarim was assisting; Iran’s ambassador to Britain denied that activity at the base was coordinated in Iran.
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