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Police later said they had found a quantity of an accelerant \u2014 gasoline \u2014 in three vans linked to the initial five suspects, but no explosives.<\/p>\n
All the suspects arrested are in their 20s and six are British nationals while one is a dual U.K.-Iranian citizen.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the British government summoned the Iranian ambassador to express displeasure at \u201cIran\u2019s continued attempts to undermine the security of the United Kingdom and international partners through its criminal networks, proxy groups and state-backed malign activity.\u201d<\/p>\n
The U.S. pulled its bombers from RAF Fairford last week, and the Trump administration has said it believed the base faced Iranian threats intended to kill as many American troops and destroy as many U.S. planes as possible.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n
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