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Suspicious plot at US-run air base, almost certainly Iran-directed, UK PM

Suspicious plot at US-run air base, almost certainly Iran-directed, UK PM

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October 12th, 2026

Suspicious plot at US-run air base, almost certainly Iran-directed, UK PM

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On Monday, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham stated that the suspected plot to attack a US-operated military airbase in England was "almost certainly" directed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard.

アンディ・バーナム英首相は月曜日、イングランドにある米国運営の軍事空軍基地を攻撃する疑いのある陰謀について、「ほぼ確実に」イラン革命防衛隊が指揮したと述べた。

Burnham had previously stated that there were strong indications of Iranian involvement in an apparent plan to attack RAF Fairford last month, a base that US military bombers have used to strike Iran in the ongoing war.

バーナム氏は以前、進行中の戦争でイランを攻撃するために米軍爆撃機が使用してきたRAFフェアフォード空軍基地を先月攻撃するという明白な計画にイランが関与している強い兆候があると述べていた。

Although the police arrested seven men in their investigation into this alleged plot, all of the suspects have been released on bail, and so far not a single one of them has been charged.

警察はこの疑惑の陰謀に関する捜査において7人の男を逮捕したものの、容疑者は全員保釈されており、これまでに誰一人として起訴には至っていない。

Although Iran denies involvement, it has previously stated that bases used to attack its own territory are regarded as legitimate targets.

イランは関与を否定しているものの、自国領土を攻撃するために使用される基地は正当な標的と見なすと以前に述べている。

Mr. Burnham told lawmakers that, in our assessment, this was likely coordinated in Iran, and we can confirm with near certainty that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanded it.

バーナム氏は議員たちに対し、我々の評価ではこれはイランで調整された可能性が高く、ほぼ確実にイラン・イスラム革命防衛隊が指揮したと確認できると述べた。

"We will not tolerate these threats on our own soil."

「我々は自国の土地におけるこれらの脅威を容認しない。」

On September 27, many residents living near the air base were forced to evacuate their homes as armed police officers and army bomb disposal experts rushed into the rural area.

9月27日、空軍基地近郊に住む多数の住民は、武装警察官および陸軍の爆発物処理専門家がその田園地帯へと殺到したため、自宅からの避難を余儀なくされた。

Police later stated that, although they had found a considerable quantity of petrol used as an accelerant in three vans linked to the first five suspects arrested at the scene, no explosives were discovered.

警察は後に、現場で逮捕された最初の5人の容疑者に関連する3台のバンから、加速剤として用いられるガソリンを相当量発見したものの、爆発物は発見されなかったと述べた。

All of the arrested suspects are in their twenties, and although not a single one of their identities has been disclosed, according to the police, six of them are British nationals and one holds dual British-Iranian citizenship.

逮捕された容疑者らは全員20代であり、その身元は誰一人として明らかにされていないものの、警察によれば、うち6名が英国人、1名が英国とイランの二重国籍者であるという。

On Monday, the British government summoned the Iranian ambassador, who reiterated his assertion that Tehran had no involvement in the alleged plot and urged Britain to provide evidence to substantiate that claim.

月曜日、英国政府はイラン大使を召喚したが、大使はテヘランが疑惑の陰謀に関与していないと重ねて主張し、英国に対し、その主張を裏付ける証拠を提供するよう促した。

Britain further announced that it had added two Iranians to its sanctions list, including the head of counter-intelligence for the Revolutionary Guard.

英国はさらに、革命防衛隊の対諜報活動責任者を含むイラン人2人を制裁リストに加えたと発表した。

According to the authorities, these two individuals conducted intelligence operations and attacks on behalf of the Iranian government in Europe and the United States.

当局によれば、この2人はヨーロッパと米国でイラン政府のために諜報活動や攻撃を行ったという。

Last week, the United States withdrew its bombers from RAF Fairford, located roughly 100 miles (160 kilometres) west of London, and the Pentagon stated that the aircraft have now been redeployed to bases in their home country.

米国は先週、ロンドンの西方およそ100マイル(160キロ)に位置するRAFフェアフォードから爆撃機を撤収し、航空機は現在、本国基地に再配備されたと国防総省は述べた。

The Trump administration stated that it believed the base had faced an Iranian threat aimed at killing as many U.S. troops as possible and destroying as many U.S. aircraft as possible.

トランプ政権は、基地ができるだけ多くの米軍将兵を殺害し、できるだけ多くの米軍機を破壊することを狙ったイランの脅威に直面したと信じていたと述べた。

The British government authorised the US military to use RAF Fairford against Iranian missiles and their launch sites, as a so-called defensive strike, after Iran attacked British interests and Britain's Gulf allies.

英国政府は、イランが英国の利益と湾岸の英国同盟国を攻撃した後、いわゆる防御的攻撃として、イランのミサイルとその発射サイトに対して米軍がRAFフェアフォードを使用することを許可した。

According to officials, a local proxy organisation linked to Iran was behind a series of arson attacks and other assaults on the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries, many of which targeted the Jewish community and were intended to spread fear.

当局者によれば、イランに関連する地元の代理組織が、米国、英国、その他の国々に対する一連の放火やその他の攻撃の背後にあり、その多くはユダヤ人コミュニティを標的とし、恐怖をまくことを意図していたという。

According to British officials, the number of national security cases involving hostile states such as Iran rose by 50 percent in the six months leading up to December 2025.

英国当局者によれば、イランなどの敵対国家が関与する国家安全保障事案の数は、2025年12月までの6か月間で50%増加した。

On Monday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood stated that the incident at RAF Fairford "vividly illustrates a broader trend."

シャバナ・マフムード内務大臣は月曜日、フェアフォード空軍基地における当該事件は「より広範な傾向を如実に物語っている」と述べた。

States like Iran use proxy organisations to conduct hostile activities in the UK.

「イランのような国家は代理組織を利用し、英国で敵対活動を展開している。

She said they attack our country and its citizens while maintaining a veneer of plausible deniability, whether by paying criminals or exploiting innocent volunteers."

彼らは犯罪者に金を払ったり、無邪気なボランティアを利用したりして、もっともらしい否認の雰囲気を維持しながら我が国とその市民を攻撃している」と彼女は述べた。

In a joint statement released on Monday, the foreign ministers of the UK, the US, and roughly 20 other Western countries condemned Iran's attacks on their own territory.

月曜日に発表された共同声明で、英国、米国、および約20カ国の西側諸国の外相は、自国領土に対するイランの攻撃を非難した。

They stated that the Fairford incident demonstrates Iran's "willingness to continue projecting hostile activity across borders through covert networks and proxy actors."

彼らは、フェアフォード事件が、イランが「秘密ネットワークと代理主体を通じて国境を越えて敵対活動を投射し続ける意欲」を示していると述べた。

The statement said, "Anyone who carries out hostile activities on behalf of Iran or any other state should know that we will take action to identify, investigate, disrupt, and prosecute these acts."

「イランまたはその他の国家のために敵対活動を行う者は誰でも、我々がこれらの行為を特定、調査、妨害、訴追するための行動を取ることを知るべきである」と声明は述べた。

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