U.S. and partner governments condemn Iran over a British airbase incident

The State Department release is dated Oct. 12, 2026. It says the text was released by the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden. That is 29 names.

Britain’s page, also Oct. 12, from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, prints the same condemnation and lists Iceland, Italy, and Malta as well. This desk did not find a later note on either page explaining the difference. The condemnation itself matches: violent attacks, including lethal plotting, arson, sabotage, cyber-attacks, and other hybrid activity.

Both pages say they recognize the United Kingdom’s attribution of Iran’s involvement at Royal Air Force Fairford on Sept. 27, and that Britain has concluded the event shows the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is still willing to project hostile activity through covert networks and proxy actors. They also point to a recent campaign of attacks in Europe against Jewish communities, Iranian journalists, and U.S. interests, which they say was claimed by Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told the House of Commons the same day that the government’s assessment is that the Fairford incident was highly likely coordinated by a known individual based in Iran, and almost certainly directed by the Revolutionary Guard. She said the foreign secretary had summoned Iran’s ambassador, and that Britain is sanctioning two individuals involved in espionage and attacks for the Iranian government in Europe and the United States. She did not name them in the statement this desk opened. She also said a law passed this summer, the National Security (State Threats) Act

A State Department readout the same day, attributed to spokesman Tommy Pigott, says Rubio and Miliband spoke and “reiterated their shared commitment to safeguarding transit in the Strait of Hormuz and the importance of holding Iran to account.” Rubio also tied the partnership to stabilizing energy markets and to ending the Russia-Ukraine war through a negotiated settlement. The readout does not say what, if anything, was agreed.

The Supreme Court dockets in the political-ad cases, Nos. 26A476 and 26A477, still end with the Oct. 11 replies. No later order was on either docket Tuesday morning. Chief Justice John Roberts’s pause remains. That fight is not re-led here.