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'Very strong indiciations' Iran was involved in RAF Fairford incident, UK PM says
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says that there are "very strong indications" that "Iran was involved" in the RAF Fairford incident


UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham says that there are "very strong indications" that "Iran was involved" in the RAF Fairford incident, in an interview with the BBC on Wednesday.
"There are strong indications that Iran played a part in what happened over the weekend at RAF Fairford," Burnham told the BBC. Burnham said that more details would be released in the coming days and that he had held an emergency cabinet meeting as result.
He continued, saying that it remains an ongoing police investigation and that they are speaking with intelligence colleagues in the US.
Burnham said that more details would be released in the coming days and that he had held an emergency cabinet meeting as a result.
Burnham said that more details would be released in the coming days and that he had held an emergency cabinet meeting as a result.
He also said that the suspects had been released on the strictest bail conditions and that the police "have this under the strongest grip and closest control."
Burnham's comments come in response to comments by US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the incident 'clearly involved the hands of a foreign actor.'