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Suspected plot at U.S.-run air base almost certainly directed by Iran, UK prime minister says

A suspected plot to attack a U.S.-run military air base in England was "almost certainly" directed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday.

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