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Evening Standard
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David Hughes

Andy Burnham: RAF Fairford incident ‘almost certainly’ directed by Iran

Police patrol the perimeter at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire (Ben Birchall/PA) - (PA Wire)

The US and UK have led international condemnation of Iran after Andy Burnham said it was “highly likely” Tehran was behind the RAF Fairford incident.

The Prime Minister said Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “almost certainly” directed a suspected terror plot targeting the air base in Gloucestershire, which was used by US bombers.

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