Canada signs joint statement denouncing Iran after U.K. air base plot
The statement cites lethal plotting, arson and sabotage as officials back Britain’s attribution of the incident to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- On Monday, the foreign ministers of 29 countries, including the United States, Canada, and Australia, released a joint statement condemning Iranian hybrid attacks and state-sponsored violence, including arson, cyberattacks, and sabotage plots.
- The statement supports British findings that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was responsible for an attempted bomb plot at RAF Fairford, according to Statement 9. Iran denies involvement in the alleged sabotage.
- British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday the suspected terror plot was "almost certainly" directed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, addressing the incident last month at the U.S.-run air base.
- Signatory nations stated that any attempt by Iran to threaten individuals through proxies is unacceptable, per Statement 5. The joint statement emphasized unified commitment to safeguarding sovereignty and strengthening international coordination.
- Canada joined more than two dozen countries in denouncing Iran's involvement in the planned attack on the air base in England, reinforcing allied resolve against state-sponsored hybrid threats.
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UK And Allies Warn Iran Over RAF Airbase Incident
The United Kingdom and a number of allies have warned Iran over the suspected terrorist plot at a U.S.-operated military air base in England last month. On September 27, police arrested five people from a village near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, which is a Royal Air Force station used by the U.S. Air Force to launch bombers to attack Iran in the ongoing Middle East war. The police said the
The British government has officially named the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran (IRGC) as the mastermind behind a suspected terrorist plot at a British air base that the U.S. has used in its war with Iran. Twenty-nine countries, including the United States, condemned Iran. According to reports from AFP and other sources, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on the 12th (local time)
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