据克里斯·梅森报道，英国政府认为伊朗与发生在费尔福德皇家空军基地的这起事件有关；该事件导致五名男子被捕后获准保释。首相安迪·伯纳姆表示：“我们会在适当的时候公布更多细节，但可以确认的是，我们认为伊朗确实参与了这起事件。”他并未提供更多具体信息。伊朗方面则强烈否认与此事有任何关联。
By Chris Mason The government believes that Iran played a part in the RAF Fairford incident which resulted in five men being arrested and then bailed, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said. "We will say more in due course but we can confirm... that we believe Iran to have played a part," he told the BBC. He did not provide further details. Tehran has strongly denied any involvement.
伯纳姆的这一表态是在有消息称其中一名嫌疑人在被捕前主动拨打了999紧急求助电话之后作出的。当被问及为何这些嫌疑人会被允许保释（这一决定引发了唐纳德·特朗普总统的质疑）时，伯纳姆坚称这些嫌疑人受到了“最严格的保释条件”的限制，并表示英国当局“对这些嫌疑人拥有完全的控制权”。
Burnham's comments come after it emerged that one of the five men had dialled 999 himself before the group were arrested. Asked why the suspects had been released on bail - a decision which has been openly questioned by President Donald Trump - the prime minister insisted the men were subject to the "strictest possible bail conditions" and added that UK authorities "have this under the strongest grip and closest control".
特朗普周一在白宫表示：“我本会要求不要允许他们获得保释；他们对这些嫌疑人的处理方式让我感到惊讶。”但伯纳姆回应称：“需要大家明白，这里的‘被释放’并不意味着他们可以自由行动，实际上他们仍受到最严格的保释条件约束。英国当局对这些嫌疑人拥有完全的控制权。”此前，美国国务卿马可·卢比奥也曾表示，费尔福德基地的事件“显然与外国势力的介入有关”。
Speaking at the White House on Monday, Trump said: "I will tell you, I would have said, 'don't let them have bail'. I'm surprised that they released them. I wouldn't have done that." But Burnham said: "I think people need to understand that when it says released - that isn't as people might think. It's obviously with the strictest possible bail conditions. "The authorities have this under the strongest grip and closest control, and I can assure you of that."
卢比奥在接受福克斯新闻采访时指出：“这表明我们正在应对一些全球性的威胁——比如伊朗，它们公然威胁要攻击美国的利益。”
Burnham's comments come after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday that the incident at RAF Fairford "clearly involves the hands of a foreign actor".
伯纳姆还表示，英国政府整个星期都在与美国相关部门沟通，解释事件的经过及处理方式，并对英国安全部门的处理方式充满信心。
In an interview with Fox News on Monday, Rubio said "I think it ties us to the reality here, and that is we are dealing with elements in the world, and in the case of Iran, for example, who have openly threatened to attack American interests globally".
“当然，这仍然是一起正在进行的、复杂且严重的警方调查；我们也在与美国的相关部门密切合作，”伯纳姆补充道。
Burnham said that the government had been "talking to our counterparts in the United States all week to explain what is happening here, how things are being done", and that he had "complete confidence in the way British security services are handling this".
这五名嫌疑人是在周日凌晨被捕的。此前，警方接到报告称在韦尔福德（Whelford）发现了“三辆可疑车辆”——该村庄位于空军基地的正东方向。
"Of course it remains an ongoing, complex and serious police investigation, and of course we are working closely with our colleagues in the United States of America," Burnham added.
这五人都是英国公民，年龄在23至25岁之间：其中四人居住在威斯敏斯特（Westminster），一人居住在卡姆登（Camden），目前对他们住所的搜查已经完成。
The five men in question were arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning after police were alerted to "three suspicious vehicles" in Whelford, a village which lies directly east of the base. They are all UK nationals aged between 23 and 25.
警方表示，这些嫌疑人是在基于“调查经验和策略”作出的决定下被保释的。
Four of them live in Westminster and one in Camden, and searches of their homes are now complete.
在搜查这些车辆时，警方只发现了大量汽油，但没有发现任何爆炸装置。
The men were released on bail in what police described as an "investigative decision" that was "grounded in experience and strategy".
这个英国皇家空军（RAF）基地几十年来一直被美国空军用作前线作战基地。
Police said a quantity of petrol but no explosive devices were found during searches of the vans.
近几个月来，在英国批准美国使用该基地对伊朗实施所谓“防御性打击”的请求后，美国轰炸机曾多次从该基地起飞，前往中东地区。
The RAF base has been used as a forward operating location by the US Air Force for decades. In recent months, US bombers have taken off from the base for the Middle East, after the UK approved a US request to use it for what it called defensive strikes on Iran.
今年7月，伊朗方面表示：“任何被用于针对伊朗领土的侵略行为的基地，都将成为我们军队的合法打击目标。”
In July, Iran said "any base used for aggression against Iranian territory constitutes a legitimate target for our forces".
不过，伊朗驻伦敦大使馆明确表示，他们“坚决拒绝并强烈谴责”任何将伊朗与这起事件联系起来的“毫无根据的恶意猜测”。
However, the Iranian embassy in London has said it "categorically rejects and strongly condemns" any "unfounded and malicious speculations" linking Iran to the latest incident.