"Almost Certainly": UK PM Says Iran Guards Behind Airbase Scare
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham stated that Iran's Revolutionary Guards were almost certainly behind a security scare at a UK airbase used by the US military. The UK has summoned the Iranian ambassador and imposed sanctions on individuals linked to the incident.
Why it matters
This marks a significant escalation in diplomatic tensions between the UK and Iran regarding state-sponsored threats on foreign soil.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards "almost certainly directed" a major scare at a UK airbase used by the US military for its war in Iran, Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday.The United States abruptly withdrew all its B-1 bombers from Royal Air Force Fairford last week after the mysterious incident at the base on September 27.Burnham told parliament that Britain's assessment of the incident was that it "is highly likely to have been coordinated in Iran, almost certainly directed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard"."We will not tolerate these threats on our soil.
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