{"id":25541,"date":"2026-10-02T09:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=25541"},"modified":"2026-10-02T09:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:10:19","slug":"british-iranian-man-arrested-over-suspected-raf-fairford-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/10\/02\/british-iranian-man-arrested-over-suspected-raf-fairford-plot\/","title":{"rendered":"British-Iranian man arrested over suspected RAF Fairford plot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: British counter-terrorism police have arrested a dual British-Iranian national in connection with an investigation into a suspected plot involving RAF Fairford, a military airbase in western England used by U.S. forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 25-year-old man was arrested in London on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, according to Reuters. He is the sixth person arrested in the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five British men were previously arrested near the airbase on suspicion of terrorism and explosives-related offences. They were later released on police bail without charge, while investigations continue. Police have said they are examining whether a foreign state may have been involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>British authorities have publicly raised the possibility of Iranian involvement. Iran has denied any role in the incident, while the investigation continues and police have not announced a final conclusion on Tehran\u2019s involvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrests followed reports of three suspicious vehicles near RAF Fairford. Police found petrol in the vehicles but no viable explosive devices, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: British counter-terrorism police have arrested a dual British-Iranian national in connection with an investigation into a suspected plot involving RAF Fairford, a military airbase in western England used by U.S. forces. The 25-year-old man was arrested in London on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, according to Reuters. He is the sixth person arrested in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25543,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25541\/revisions\/25543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}