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UK to sanction Iran after RAF Fairford incident, US pulled bombers

UK to sanction Iran after RAF Fairford incident, US pulled bombers

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Andy Burnham said Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps most likely orchestrated the incident outside the American air base. Police stopped five Londoners driving white vans near the Gloucestershire airfield on 27 September, finding no bombs before releasing the group on bail. A week later, the United States pulled twelve B-1 bombers from the facility over drone strike fears.

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