Five British Nationals Arrested Over Suspected Iranian Bomb Plot at RAF Fairford Five British nationals from London were arrested over a suspected Iranian bomb plot at RAF Fairford. Counter Terrorism Policing says searches continue as a cordon remains in place. Five British nationals from London have been arrested in connection with a suspected Iranian bomb plot at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, Counter Terrorism Policing said today. The suspects, all aged between 23 and 25, were held outside the Gloucestershire base in the early hours of Sunday morning after being stripped amid fears they were wearing suicide belts. The men were initially arrested under the Explosives Act and then on Terrorism charges. Arrests and Ongoing Investigation at RAF FairfordThree of the suspects are from the London borough of Westminster, one is from Camden, and the fifth is from Willesden. They remain in custody and can be questioned for up to 14 days under UK anti-terrorism laws. Police have said a cordon remains in place around RAF Fairford today and that overnight searches linked to the arrests had produced multiple new lines of enquiry.Elite SAS troops were reportedly deployed to the site from Hereford, sources said. Britain's security services are on high alert amid fears of further Iranian terror attacks on UK soil. MI5 and counter-terrorism police are scrambling to establish who was behind the suspected bomb plot after arresting five men believed to have been on the verge of carrying out a very big attack, sources said.Counter Terrorism Policing's Senior National Coordinator, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Vicki Evans, said the operation was hugely complex and large-scale, involving local and national policing, the Ministry of Defence, and local agencies working together to progress the investigation and support the community. She acknowledged the disruption to local people but reassured them that the activity was in the interests of national security and their safety. She also thanked emergency services, including armed officers who first attended the scene not knowing what they might face.Evans said she was aware of speculation about the motivation behind the incident and the geopolitical questions being raised, but asked that Counter Terrorism Policing be given space to carry out its work carefully and thoroughly.Farmer's Role and Political ReactionsThe hero farmer who foiled the terror attack on RAF Fairford laid into Wes Streeting after he said she only had a partial picture of the operation, and revealed police are yet to speak to her. Driving home from a party in the early hours of yesterday morning, the local woman was shocked to find three large white vans blocking a road yards from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, which was used by US bombers to strike Iran. The alleged terrorists, who may have been wearing suicide vests, then fled in different directions.Worryingly, the farmer claimed she saw more Middle Eastern-looking suspects fleeing the scene than the five men later arrested. After she said her discovery showed the authorities had dropped the ball, Wes Streeting heavily suggested that police and security services were aware while President Trump said: We know all about them. She told reporters that she knew it had been said by some of the higher ups that she did not have the full picture, but the picture she had was three extremely unusual vehicles parked in the middle of the village and a group of unknown men running around. She added that she did not know how he knows what picture she had, as she had never met him, and that nobody in any sort of official capacity had been in touch with her or anyone else in the village, with no follow up at all, even from the police who had her number when she reported it to 999.Five men were pictured as police arrested them on terror charges near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. They are all British, from London, and in their 20s, police said today. The farmer said she thought the vans were suspicious because a phone number and lettering on the back of the vehicles appeared to be fake. A farmer met them and they fled. An armed officer was seen looking through his rifle scope at RAF Fairford today.Security Concerns and Official ResponsesHowever, suggestions that UK authorities had advance notice of the plot were dismissed, with Whitehall sources insisting the arrests were not pre-planned despite comments by President Trump and Defence Secretary Wes Streeting that appeared to suggest otherwise. Mr Streeting today praised the farmer's quick thinking and public spirit, but insisted that she had only a partial picture of events, declining to reveal further details. He said she had done exactly what we would hope that someone in that extraordinary situation would do, and he was really grateful to her. He added that she acted, by her own admission, quickly and thoughtfully, and did the right thing. With respect, though, she does only have a partial picture, and that was as far as he wished to go this morning.He was asked about why a Ministry of Defence 24/7 hotline for locals to report security concerns at Fairford was not answered when the farmer called yesterday. The incident has raised questions about security at the base, which was used by US bombers to strike Iran. The investigation continues as authorities work to uncover the full scope of the plot and any potential links to Iranian agents.