首相的这番言论发表于嫌疑人被以“尽可能严格的保释条件”释放几天之后。
The prime minister's comments come days after the suspects were released on the 'strictest possible bail conditions'.
克里斯·梅森报道：首相安迪·伯纳姆表示，政府认为伊朗参与了皇家空军费尔福德基地事件，该事件导致五名男子被捕，随后被保释。
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.
“我们稍后会公布更多细节，但我们可以确认……我们认为伊朗参与其中，”他对英国广播公司（BBC）表示。他没有提供更多细节。德黑兰方面已强烈否认参与此事。
"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.
伯纳姆的评论是在有消息披露，其中一名男子在团伙被捕前曾自行拨打999报警电话之后作出的。
Burnham's comments come after it emerged that one of the five men had dialled 999 himself before the group were arrested.
当被问及为何嫌疑人被保释——这一决定已遭到美国总统唐纳德·特朗普公开质疑——时，首相坚称这些男子受到“尽可能严格的保释条件”约束，并补充说英国当局“对此有着最严密的掌控和最密切的监督”。
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：“我告诉你们，我会说‘不要给他们保释’。我对他们被释放感到惊讶。我不会那样做。”但伯纳姆说：“我认为人们需要明白，当说到‘释放’时，情况并非人们所想的那样。显然，这是在尽可能严格的保释条件下进行的。”
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.
“当局对此有着最严密的掌控和最密切的监督，我可以向你保证这一点。”伯纳姆的评论是在美国国务卿马可·卢比奥周一表示，皇家空军费尔福德基地的事件“显然涉及外国行为者的干预”之后作出的。
"The authorities have this under the strongest grip and closest control, and I can assure you of that." 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".
卢比奥周一在接受福克斯新闻采访时说：“我认为这让我们面对现实，即我们正在与世界上的某些势力打交道，例如伊朗，他们公开威胁要攻击美国在全球的利益。”
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".
伯纳姆表示，政府“整个星期都在与美国的相关部门进行沟通，解释这里发生的情况以及各项工作的具体流程”，并对英国安全部门的处理方式“充满信心”。
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".
“当然，这仍然是一起正在进行的、复杂且严重的警方调查；我们当然也在与美国的相关部门密切合作，”伯纳姆补充道。
"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.
这五名嫌疑人是在周日凌晨被捕的，当时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。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），他们的住所已经接受了警方搜查。
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. Four of them live in Westminster and one in Camden, and searches of their homes are now complete.
警方称，基于“经验与策略”的考量，这五人被暂时释放并获得了保释。
The men were released on bail in what police described as an "investigative decision" that was "grounded in experience and strategy".
在搜查这些车辆的过程中，警方只发现了大量汽油，但没有发现任何爆炸装置。
Police said a quantity of petrol but no explosive devices were found during searches of the vans.
这座英国皇家空军基地几十年来一直被美国空军用作前线作战基地。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，美国轰炸机曾从该基地起飞执行任务。
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，伊朗曾表示：“任何被用于针对伊朗领土的侵略行为的基地，都是我们军队的合法打击目标。”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”。
In July, Iran said "any base used for aggression against Iranian territory constitutes a legitimate target for our forces". 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.