Mohmed Abdulkarim and Nouman Essghir appeared in court on national security charges after the RAF Fairford incident.

The charge text the CPS published does not name a country. Counter Terrorism Policing said it believes the service is Iran. The BBC and the Daily Mail do not give the same next date. The BBC reported that no explosives were found and that police seized a quantity of petrol. The Daily Mail's account of the hearing says the prosecutor told the court there had been a message about a bomb, and that no explosives were found.

The Crown Prosecution Service said Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, that Mohmed Abdulkarim, 24, of the borough of Westminster, London, was charged with one offence of assisting a foreign intelligence service, for conduct between Aug. 31, 2026, and Sept. 28, 2026, contrary to section 3(2) of the National Security Act 2023. It said Nouman Essghir, 24, of the same borough, was charged with one offence of entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the United Kingdom, on Aug. 22, 2026, contrary to section 4(1). Frank Ferguson, Chief Crown Prosecutor for the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said the service had decided to prosecute two individuals with National Security Act offences after a Counter Terrorism Policing investigation into a high-profile incident involving RAF Fairford. The name is not printed the same way. The CPS announcement uses Mohmed Abdulkarim. Counter Terrorism Policing said a version it published at 9:20 a.m. as Mohammed Abdul Karim was wrong, and that the correct name is Mohmed Ahmad Abdulkarim. The BBC's court story and the Daily Mail use Mohmed Abdulkarim, without the middle name. Counter Terrorism Policing said that in this case it believes the foreign intelligence service is Iran. The CPS charge text does not name a country.

The BBC, with a correspondent in the courtroom, reported that the two appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday and were told the case will next be heard at the Old Bailey on Nov. 20. The BBC reported Essghir stood in the dock in a grey sweatshirt and confirmed his name and address, and that Abdulkarim appeared in a wheelchair, in a checked shirt, jeans and a baseball cap, and confirmed his name and address. The Daily Mail reported a 28-minute hearing before Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring, that neither man was asked to enter a plea, that Essghir stood in the dock in grey jogging bottoms and a jumper, and that Abdulkarim, in a dark cap and a white and grey checked shirt, sat in his chair outside the dock. The Daily Mail reported Abdulkarim was released on conditional bail and Essghir was remanded in custody, and that they will next appear on Nov. 22. The BBC's account of the same Tuesday hearing does not report bail or a remand, and it does not use Nov. 22. Nov. 20 and Nov. 22 are two reports of the next date.

The BBC reported a major incident after three suspicious vans were seen near the U.S.-operated base on Sept. 27, that dozens of residents were evacuated, and that no explosive materials were found in the vans but a quantity of petrol was seized. It reported the court heard that vans bearing the logo Fuel2You were spotted close to the base, that in the early hours they came to a Ministry of Defence Police cordon and went to another location, that police arrested five men, and that police later said one of them called 999. The Daily Mail, reporting prosecutor Louise Gray, said the court was told that a message claimed there was a bomb in the vehicles and that one of the men called the police, and that no explosives or improvised explosives were found. The Daily Mail reported Gray described an organiser known as Ali, believed to be abroad and acting in the interests of the Iranian state, and that Abdulkarim is accused of aiding him. Those are allegations in a prosecutor's opening. Counter Terrorism Policing said Essghir was first arrested at the scene in Gloucestershire on Sept. 27 and re-arrested on Oct. 20, and that a 25-year-old dual UK-Iranian national re-arrested the same day was released without charge and remains on police bail from an Oct. 1 arrest. It said five other men arrested in the investigation remain on police bail. The BBC reported that eight men have been arrested in the investigation. The Daily Mail reported that officers arrested seven people and that the other five remain on police bail. The BBC reported that Iran has previously denied any involvement in the incident at RAF Fairford.

A charge is an accusation. The two counts, the bail decision the Daily Mail reported, and the remand the Daily Mail reported are not findings. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.