Foreign ministers of 34 countries, including the UK and US, and the EU's High Representative issue a joint statement on Iran and the RAF Fairford incident; Iran denies involvement

13 October 2026

On 12 October 2026 the Foreign Ministers of 34 countries - Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States - and the High Representative of the European Union issued a joint statement on Iran, published by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office as regarding RAF Fairford and Iran state threats.
They condemn in the strongest terms Iran's use of violent attacks, including acts of lethal plotting, arson, sabotage, cyber-attacks and other hybrid activities.
They recognise the United Kingdom's attribution of Iran's involvement in the incident at RAF Fairford on 27 September.
The UK has also concluded the incident demonstrates the IRGC's continued willingness to project hostile activity beyond its borders through covert networks and proxy actors.
The statement follows a recent campaign of attacks across Europe targeting Jewish communities, Iranian journalists and U.S. interests, claimed by Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI).
Iran has denied any responsibility for the Fairford incident; its ambassador to the UK told UK officials on 12 October that Tehran "categorically rejected" the allegations and is willing to cooperate with the investigation, according to Al Jazeera.