Foreign ministers from 29 countries have jointly condemned Iran for lethal plotting, arson, sabotage, cyber-attacks and other hybrid operations against their nations and partners. The statement backs Britain's attribution of the September 27 incident at RAF Fairford, the British air base used by American forces, to Iran. The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and most European Union member states signed it.
Israel had a role in the earlier warnings. Jerusalem cautioned Germany that American bases on German soil, particularly Ramstein and Spangdahlem, faced heightened risk, a senior US official told The New York Times.
The ministers concluded that the Fairford episode shows the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) remains willing to carry out hostile activity abroad through covert networks and proxies.
On September 30, Andy Burnham told the BBC that "we believe Iran had a part in this" but declined to give full details. Iran's embassy in London responded at the time that it "categorically rejects and strongly condemns" the accusation.
On October 12, Burnham told Parliament that the suspected plot was "highly likely" coordinated in Iran and that the IRGC was almost certainly behind it, as JFeed reported. He paired the attribution with a pledge of further action.
