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Supplied / Police said petrol but no explosive devices were found during searches of the vans found near the base The government believes that Iran played a part in the RAF Fairford incident which resulted in five men being arrested and then bailed, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said. "We will say more in due course but we can confirm... that we believe Iran to have played a part," he told the BBC. He did not provide further details. Tehran has strongly denied any involvement. Burnham's comments come after it emerged that one of the five men had dialled 999 himself before the group were arrested. Asked why the suspects had been released on bail - a decision which has been openly questioned by President Donald Trump - the prime minister insisted the men were subject to the "strictest possible bail conditions" and added that UK authorities "have this under the strongest grip and closest control". Speaking at the White House on Monday, Trump said: "I will tell you, I would have said, 'don't let them have bail'. I'm surprised that they released them. I wouldn't have done that." But Burnham said: "I think people need to understand that when it says released - that isn't as people might think. It's obviously with the strictest possible bail conditions. "The authorities have this under the strongest grip and closest control, and I can assure you of that." Burnham's comments come after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday that the incident at RAF Fairford "clearly involves the hands of a foreign actor". In an interview with Fox News on Monday, Rubio said "I think it ties us to the reality here, and that is we are dealing with elements in the world, and in the case of Iran, for example, who have openly threatened to attack American interests globally". Burnham said that the government had been "talking to our counterparts in the United States all week to explain what is happening here, how things are being done", and that he had "complete confidence in the way British security services are handling this". "Of course it remains an ongoing, complex and serious police investigation, and of course we are working closely with our colleagues in the United States of America," Burnham added. Burnham told the BBC that the authorities "have this under the strongest grip and closest control" The five men in question were arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning after police were alerted to "three suspicious vehicles" in Whelford, a village which lies directly east of the base. They are all UK nationals aged between 23 and 25. Four of them live in Westminster and one in Camden, and searches of their homes are now complete. The men were released on bail in what police described as an "investigative decision" that was "grounded in experience and strategy". Police said a quantity of petrol but no explosive devices were found during searches of the vans. The RAF base has been used as a forward operating location by the US Air Force for decades. In recent months, US bombers have taken off from the base for the Middle East, after the UK approved a US request to use it for what it called defensive strikes on Iran. In July, Iran said "any base used for aggression against Iranian territory constitutes a legitimate target for our forces". However, the Iranian embassy in London has said it "categorically rejects and strongly condemns" any "unfounded and malicious speculations" linking Iran to the latest incident.

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中文标题： 伯纳姆称英国认为伊朗参与费尔福德基地事件

英国首相安迪·伯纳姆称，政府认为伊朗参与了费尔福德基地事件；伊朗否认。五名23至25岁英国公民被捕后获保释，警方称附带最严格保释条件。特朗普质疑保释决定，卢比奥称事件涉及外国行为者。警方搜查货车发现汽油但无爆炸装置；该基地数十年来被美国空军用作前沿作战地点。

  • 情报分类：综合情报
  • 分类依据：国际安全与外交事件，无对应类别，归综合
  • 信息来源：英语新闻 / BBC News Top Stories
  • 发布时间：2026/9/30 23:59:51