LONDON — Two men were charged under the National Security Act on Tuesday over an incident last month at the RAF Fairford airbase, with prosecutors accusing a British national of trying to help Iranian intelligence in Britain.
\n\nRAF Fairford had been used by U.S. bombers to carry out strikes on Iran, but they were withdrawn on security grounds shortly after five British men were arrested outside the base in southwest England early Sept. 27.
\n\nThe circumstances of the incident, which remain largely unexplained, attracted huge international attention, coming at a time of heightened concern about the security implications for Western states of the war between the United States and Iran.
\n\nPrime Minister Andy Burnham said this month that the activity at RAF Fairford was likely to have been coordinated in Iran, which Tehran’s ambassador to Britain has denied.
\n\nBritish national Mohmed Abdulkarim, 24, was charged with engaging in conduct that was likely to materially assist a foreign intelligence service between Aug. 31 and Sept. 28, with police saying the country is believed to be Iran.
\n\nNouman Essghir, a 24-year-old dual British-Iranian national who was first arrested outside RAF Fairford on Sept. 27, was charged with one offense of entering a…
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