
Posted: 27th September 2026
“Ministers have been briefed that Iran has various reasons for hiring proxies, who sometimes are unwitting, to carry out acts that aim to eat up resources and create chaos.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/01/uk-iran-national-arrested-terrorism-act-raf-fairford
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2dwdn9e74lo
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As counterterrorism officers focus on whether the five men from London were proxies for Iran, they are also investigating the motives of the one