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Two men held during a probe into a suspected plot near RAF Fairford have been re-arrested
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Pair re-arrested on suspicion of assisting Iran in RAF Fairford plot

Two men have been re-arrested on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service, police in the United Kingdom say.

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