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RAF Fairford plot ‘coordinated by handler working on behalf of Iran’

One of the five men tasked with driving to the base called police in the early hours of 27 September after the handler warned the group about a bomb in the vans, prosecutors told Westminster magistrates court.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 2 sources•1 min read•Updated October 27, 2026, 7:24 PM UTC

Mohmed Abdulkarim and Nouman Essghir, both 24, appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

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