Iran sees ‘false flag’ operations after UK blames IRGC for airbase incident

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the United Kingdom’s attribution of an alleged plot near a military airbase in the town of Fairford to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which it views as part of a greater Western effort.British Prime Minister Andy Burnham told Parliament on Monday that the suspected plot last month against the Royal Air Force base was “highly likely to have been coordinated in Iran” and “almost certainly directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Two Latvian men arrested inside UK military base after breachlist 2 of 3At least 81 US aircraft worth up to $3.3bn lost or damaged in Iran warlist 3 of 3UK blames Iran for airbase plot, sanctions two Iranian nationalsend of listBurnham promised action against what he described as Iran-linked “criminal networks” and their financing networks.The UK announced sanctions against two Iranian nationals over alleged “hostile activity” at RAF Fairford in southern England.It follows an incident around the base, which hosted US military aircraft, in the early hours of September 27, when five British men in their 20s suspected of “terrorism”...