Pair arrested after trying to enter naval base hosting UK's nuclear submarines
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Two people have been arrested after attempting to enter HM Naval Base Clyde in Scotland. (AFP: Andy Buchanan)
In short:
A man, reported to be an Iranian national, and a woman have been arrested after trying to enter a Scottish naval base.
HM Naval Base Clyde houses the UK's nuclear-armed submarine fleet.
What's next?
Scottish Police say their investigation is ongoing.
Two people, one of whom has been reported to be Iranian, have been arrested after attempting to enter a Royal Navy base where Britain's nuclear submarines are based.
Scottish Police said the pair, a 34-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman, were arrested after trying to enter HM Naval Base Clyde about 5pm, local time, on Thursday.
UK media reported that the arrested man was believed to be an Iranian national, while the woman's nationality was unknown.
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Police said enquiries were ongoing.
The Clyde base is located on the west coast of Scotland and is key to Britain's security, hosting the country's nuclear-armed submarine fleet, as well as its attack submarines.
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The Royal Navy confirmed the arrests in a statement but made no further comment, citing the ongoing investigation.
The threat posed to Britain from Iran has been the subject of repeated warnings from the UK's domestic spy agency MI5, with accusations that Tehran was behind more than 20 suspected kidnap and assassination plots in the country.
Several suspected Iranian spies have been arrested in the UK over the past year.
Iran has repeatedly denied allegations of spying, saying it is part of a campaign against it by hostile Western powers.
Two men appeared in a London court on Thursday accused of being tasked by Iran to carry out hostile surveillance on Jewish people and sites in London.
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