A British-Azerbaijani man from London has been arrested in Cyprus on suspicion of carrying out hostile surveillance on RAF Akrotiri and sharing information with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Rashad Sultanov, 44, faces charges under the National Security Act in the first overseas investigation of its kind.

A London man was arrested in Cyprus over allegations he spied on RAF Akrotiri for Iran. The case highlights Britain's push to counter hostile state activity targeting key military assets.