Two men were charged under the National Security Act on Tuesday over last month’s incident at the RAF Fairford military base, with prosecutors accusing a British national of trying to help Iranian intelligence in Britain.
RAF Fairford had been used by US bombers to carry out strikes on Iran, but they were withdrawn on security grounds shortly after five British men were arrested outside the base in southwest England in the early hours of September 27. British national Mohmed Abdulkarim, 24, was charged with engaging in conduct that was likely to materially assist a foreign intelligence service between August 31 and September 28, with police saying the country is believed to be Iran. Nouman Essghir, a 24-year-old dual British-Iranian national who was first arrested outside RAF Fairford on September 27, was charged with one offence of entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the UK on August 22. Police said that six other people, four of whom are British nationals who were arrested outside RAF Fairford on September 2027, remain on police bail.
