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Monday, Oct. 12: Burnham tells MPs the RAF Fairford plot was almost certainly directed by Iran's IRGC

The Prime Minister told the Commons on Monday that the suspected plot against RAF Fairford was highly likely to have been co-ordinated in Iran and almost certainly directed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Britain sanctioned two Iranian men and summoned Tehran's ambassador.

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