{
  "id": 13993725,
  "title": "Burnham: Iran’s IRGC ‘highly likely’ to be behind RAF Fairford terror plot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/burnham-irans-irgc-highly-likely-to-be-behind-raf-fairford-terror-plot",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-12T15:57:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Politico EU",
    "slug": "politico-eu",
    "url": "https://www.politico.eu/article/burnham-irans-irgc-highly-likely-behind-raf-fairford-terror-plot/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "London — A suspected terror plot targeting the RAF Fairford airbase, according to Prime Minister Andy Burnham, is \"highly likely to have been coordinated in Iran,\" he told MPs on Monday. The incident occurred on September 27 and involved the arrest of seven men, who were subsequently released on bail. Counter Terrorism Policing is examining the possibility of \"possible foreign state involvement\" in the investigation. Burnham emphasized that the UK will not tolerate threats on their soil and will take action to crack down on Iran's use of criminal networks, targeting their funding streams and imposing further sanctions. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a statement to Fox News, revealed that the incident \"clearly involves the hands of a foreign actor\" but refrained from sharing any additional information. The Pentagon has already removed all its B-1 bombers from the airbase, and President Trump announced that threats had been present at the time.",
  "summary": "The U.K. prime minister said Britain will \"crack down on Iran's use of criminal networks.\"",
  "key_points": [
    "Prime Minister Andy Burnham says Iran's IRGC likely behind terror plot at RAF Fairford.",
    "Incident occurred on September 27 with arrest of seven men, later released on bail.",
    "UK vows to crack down on Iran's criminal networks and impose further sanctions."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Axios",
        "title": "U.K. prime minister attributes plot against U.S. bomber base to Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/u-k-prime-minister-attributes-plot-against-u-s-bomber-base-to-iran",
        "published": "2026-10-12T16:44:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "U.K. PM Burnham: Iran's IRGC likely behind RAF Fairford incident",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/u-k-pm-burnham-irans-irgc-likely-behind-raf-fairford-incident",
        "published": "2026-10-12T16:48:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "UK PM says RAF base incidents ‘likely coordinated’ by Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/uk-pm-says-raf-base-incidents-likely-coordinated-by-iran",
        "published": "2026-10-12T18:24:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}