伦敦——警方和检方表示，两名男子周二因涉嫌针对英国费尔福德皇家空军基地（美国运营的驻英军用空军基地）的阴谋，被控犯有国家安全罪。
2 men charged with UK national security offenses over suspected plot at US-run military base LONDON — Two men were charged Tuesday with national security offenses over a suspected plot against RAF Fairford, a US-run military air base in England, police and prosecutors said.
英国皇家检察署称，24岁的英国公民穆罕默德·艾哈迈德·阿卜杜勒卡里姆和努曼·埃斯吉尔均来自伦敦，二人依据《国家安全法》被起诉。他们定于周二晚些时候出庭。
British nationals Mohmed Ahmad Abdulkarim and Nouman Essghir, both aged 24 and from London, were charged under the National Security Act, the Crown Prosecution Service said. They are due to appear in court later Tuesday.
阿卜杜勒卡里姆被控协助伊朗情报机构，埃斯吉尔被控以损害英国利益为目的进入禁区。
Abdulkarim is charged with assisting Iran’s intelligence service and Essghir with entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the UK.
位于英格兰西部的费尔福德皇家空军基地在今年战争期间曾被美军轰炸机用于打击伊朗。
RAF Fairford, in western England, has been used by American bombers to strike Iran during this year’s war.
埃斯吉尔于9月27日在基地外被捕，当时武装警察和军队排爆专家蜂拥而至这片乡村地区。警方和军队排爆专家在搜寻爆炸物时，数十名居民被疏散出住所。
Essghir was arrested outside the base on Sept. 27, when armed police officers and army bomb-disposal experts swarmed the rural area. Scores of residents were evacuated from their homes as police and army bomb-disposal experts searched for explosives.
警方后来表示，他们在现场的厢式货车中发现了一定数量的助燃剂——汽油，但没有发现爆炸物。
Police later said they had found a quantity of an accelerant — gasoline — in vans at the scene, but no explosives.
埃斯吉尔最初获保释，上周再次被捕。阿卜杜勒卡里姆在过去一周内被捕。随着调查继续，另有六名男子被捕后获保释。
Essghir was initially released on bail before being re-arrested last week. Abdulkarim was arrested in the past week. Six other men have been arrested and released on bail as investigations continue.
英国当局已将德黑兰与该事件联系起来，此事导致美国从费尔福德皇家空军基地撤走其轰炸机。
British authorities have linked Tehran to the incident, which led the US to pull its bombers from RAF Fairford.
首相安迪·伯纳姆表示，这起明显的阴谋“几乎肯定”是由伊朗革命卫队指挥的。
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said that the apparent plot was “almost certainly” directed by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
伊朗否认参与其中，尽管它此前曾表示，认为任何用于攻击其领土的基地都是合法目标。
Iran has denied involvement, although it has previously said that it considers any base used to attack its territory a legitimate target.
本月早些时候，英国军情五处负责人警告称，伊朗和俄罗斯都在扩大对英国的攻击，费尔福德皇家空军基地事件并非孤例。
Earlier this month, the head of Britain’s MI5 spy agency warned that both Iran and Russia were expanding their attacks against the UK, and that the RAF Fairford incident was not unique.
英国国内安全机构负责人肯·麦卡勒姆表示，德黑兰正试图加大在英国境内的攻击力度，目标已不再局限于传统上反对伊朗伊斯兰当局的伊朗人。他说，过去一年中，已有50多人因与伊朗有关的阴谋而被逮捕。
Ken McCallum, who leads the UK’s domestic security service, said Tehran is seeking to intensify its attacks in Britain beyond the traditional targets of Iranians opposed to the country’s Islamic authorities. He said more than 50 people have been arrested over Iran-linked plots in the past year.
英国全国反恐警务负责人、助理警察总监劳伦斯·泰勒说：“近几个月来，我们看到了一系列事件，我们认为这些事件是由伊朗国家指挥的，正如军情五处局长不久前所说，我们正在共同努力，干预、识别并应对这一威胁。”
“We have seen a range of incidents in recent months that we believe have been directed by the Iranian state, and as the director general of MI5 said just the other week, we are working together to intervene, identify and respond to that threat,” said Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, the head of National Counter Terrorism Policing in the UK.