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London Stops Being Ambiguous About Iran’s Involvement in the RAF Fairford Attack

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B‑1B Lancer bomber at the RAF Fairford airbase, after police declared a major incident at the base after several men were arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act, in Fairford, Gloucestershire, Britain, September 28, 2026.

Toby Shepheard/Reuters

With one possibly state-supported terrorist event dominating international headlines, we shouldn’t let the last possibly state-supported terrorist event slip into obscurity.

In the hours following the sprawling police operation that broke up a likely terrorist plot targeting RAF Fairford over the weekend, London devoted most of its energies to assuring the world that they had no concrete evidence linking Iran to the plotters. That ambiguity conflicted with what we were hearing from other Western officials.

Noah Rothman

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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