Iranian man and Romanian woman accused of trying to break into Royal Navy base in north-west Britain, where British nuclear submarines are stationedPolice Scotland announced on Saturday. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.
The pair were caught trying to break into the Faslane naval base in Scotland on Thursdaywhich houses all of the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarines, including four Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarines that carry Trident nuclear missiles.
“A 34-year-old Iranian man and a 31-year-old Romanian woman have been arrested and charged in connection with this incident,” Police Scotland said in a statement. They are due to appear in court in the Scottish town of Dumbarton on Monday, she added.
British police, domestic counter-intelligence agency MI5 and members of parliament have long warned of the growing threat of Iranian espionage in Britain. There are fears in the country that it could become a target for attacks because of its role in the US-Israeli war against Iran.
London also on Friday authorized US forces to use the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford base in Gloucestershire and the British naval base Diego García in the Indian Ocean – to attack Iranian targets threatening the vital sea route in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakchi subsequently accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer that “endangers British lives” by authorizing the use of bases “for aggression against Iran”.
