Prime Minister Andy Burnham told Parliament that the British assessment is that the episode at the Royal Air Force (RAF) base at Fairford was [“highly likely to have been coordinated in Iran [and] almost certainly directed” by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and that the United Kingdom would bring further sanctions against Tehran and the Guard as a result](https://theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/12/iran-revolutionary-guards-irgc-raf-fairford-threats), according to The Guardian.

Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the British allegations, calling them a false-flag plot to advance an anti-Iran campaign, according to Mehr News.