Two men re-arrested on suspicion of assisting Iran’s intelligence service over RAF Fairford incident

British counter terror police said Tuesday they had re-arrested two men in their investigation into last month’s incident at RAF Fairford in England, where US B-1 bombers were based.

A 24-year-old UK national and a 25-year-old dual UK-Iranian national were re-arrested on suspicion of assisting Iran’s foreign intelligence service, police said in a statement.

“This is very much a live investigation, and our evidence gathering continues, but at this time our position remains the same; we consider it highly likely that there is Iranian state involvement,” said Laurence Taylor, a senior counter-terrorism police officer.

Earlier this month, Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham said that a suspected plot targeting RAF Fairford, a military base used by US forces in England, was “almost certainly directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard.” Iran has firmly rejected the accusations.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

英国反恐警察周二表示，他们已重新逮捕了两名男子，以调查上个月发生在英国费尔福德皇家空军基地的事件，该基地驻扎着美国 B-1 轰炸机。

警方在一份声明中表示，一名24岁的英国公民和一名25岁的拥有英国和伊朗双重国籍的公民因涉嫌协助伊朗对外情报机构而被再次逮捕。

“这是一项仍在进行的调查，我们仍在收集证据，但目前我们的立场仍然不变；我们认为伊朗政府极有可能参与其中，”高级反恐警察官员劳伦斯·泰勒说。

本月初，英国首相安迪·伯纳姆表示，一起疑似针对英国皇家空军费尔福德基地（美军在英国使用的军事基地）的阴谋“几乎可以肯定是由伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队策划的”。伊朗方面坚决否认了这些指控。

这是一则正在更新的新闻。