FAIRFORD, ENGLAND – JULY 25: A B1 bomber at RAF Fairford on July 25, 2026 in Fairford, England. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)Matthew Horwood | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe United Kingdom has said it had charged a man with the crime of assisting a “foreign intelligence service” over an incident at a military base used by the United States for attacks against Iran. Mohmed Abdulkarim, 24, has been charged under the country’s National Security Act “following an incident involving RAF Fairford,” an air base in western England, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Between August 31 and September 28, Abdulkarim is alleged to have engaged in “conduct likely to materially assist a foreign intelligence service in carrying out activities related to the United Kingdom,” the Crown Prosecution Service added. The foreign country was not named. Prosecutors also charged Nouman Essghir, 24, with “entering a prohibited place for a purpose detrimental to the United Kingdom.” The men are due to appear in court in London on Tuesday. RAF Fairford’s role in US attacks on Iran Five people were arrested on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offenses near RAF Fairford on September 28. The base had been used as a US Air Force command post for operations from Europe. and by US attacks on Iranian missile sites. Announcing the charges, Frank Ferguson, chief prosecutor of the Crown Prosecution Service’s Counter Terrorism and Special Crime Division, said they followed “a counter-terrorism police investigation into a high-profile incident involving RAF Fairford”. “We will continue to work closely with our partners as this complex investigation continues,” he said. Iran.” Prime Minister Andy Burnham told lawmakers earlier this month that it was “highly likely that the incident had been coordinated in Iran, almost certainly led by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.”
