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    "parsed_content": "Incident at U.K. Air BaseThe LatestWhat to KnowSuspects ReleasedA Rural\u00a0Area in the SpotlightAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTU.K. Believes Iran Was Involved in Incident at Air Base, Burnham SaysThe British prime minister, Andy Burnham, said there were \u201cstrong indications\u201d Iran played a part in the events at R.A.F. Fairford on Sunday, without providing details why.Listen \u00b7 3:33 min Share full articleOutside the R.A.F. Fairford base in southwest England on Monday. Mr. Burnham said there was an \u201congoing, complex and serious police investigation,\u201d and that Britain was working closely with the United States.Credit...Ben Stansall\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty ImagesBy Michael D. ShearReporting from LondonSept. 30, 2026Updated 1:02 p.m. ETSee more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra m\u00e1s de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de b\u00fasqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain said Wednesday that his government believes Iran \u201cplayed a part\u201d in the incident on Sunday at an air base used by American bombers in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.\u201cThere are strong indications that Iran played a part in what happened over the weekend at R.A.F. Fairford,\u201d Mr. Burnham told the BBC in an interview, referring to the British base about 90 miles outside of London.He added, \u201cIt remains an ongoing, complex and serious police investigation, and of course we are working closely with our colleagues in the United States of America.\u201dThe arrest of five men early Sunday morning near the base on suspicion of explosives violations and terrorism triggered more than two days of anxiety as the police and military used a bomb disposal robot to examine three white vans used by the men and evacuated more than 85 nearby homes.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTIn the hours after the men were arrested, Mr. Burnham had publicly urged people not to speculate about their motive or connections to other countries. The five men, who are British citizens, were released on bail on Monday. The authorities said on Tuesday that they had found no explosives in the vans, only an unspecified quantity of gasoline.In the BBC interview, the prime minister refused to say why the government believes that Iran was connected to the incident. \u201cWe will say more in due course but we can confirm our belief that we believe Iran to have played a part,\u201d he said, adding: \u201cObviously I wouldn\u2019t say it lightly.\u201dThe Iranian Embassy in Britain on Monday dismissed any suggestion that its government was involved in any possible attack on the British base.\u201cThe Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in London categorically rejects and strongly condemns the recent unfounded and malicious speculations published by some British individuals and media outlets attempting to link Iran to arrest of five suspects in the vicinity of R.A.F. Fairford base,\u201d it said in a statement on social media.Exactly what happened at the base on Sunday remains murky. A local resident contacted police at around 1:36 a.m. to report seeing suspicious men in masks. But police said they first received a call from someone almost 50 minutes earlier, reporting that three suspicious vehicles were heading toward the base. The Times of London, the BBC and other British news organizations reported Tuesday that police believe that first call came from one of the five men who was later arrested.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMr. Burnham said that the British authorities have been in contact with their counterparts in the United States as the investigation into the incident continues.\u201cWe\u2019ve been talking to counterparts in the United States all week to explain what is happening here, how things are being done,\u201d he said. \u201cI have complete confidence in the way British security services are handling this.\u201dOn Monday, the U.S. secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said publicly that the incident at the British base was connected to a foreign country. He did not say which one, but added that \u201cin the case of Iran, for example, who have openly threatened to attack American interests globally, we\u2019re going to always take that very seriously.\u201dAdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT",
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