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British officials say Iran was responsible for incident at U.K. air base

NPR | By Lauren Frayer,

Steve Inskeep

Published October 13, 2026 at 4:46 AM EDT

Britain's prime minister says Iran was "almost certainly" behind last month's security incident at the US-run RAF Fairford airbase.

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