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UK Requests Cyprus Extradition of Iran Spy Over RAF Base

7/31/2026

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Britain requested Cyprus extradite Rashad Sultanov, 44, for alleged spying on RAF Akrotiri.
Cypriot authorities have detained Sultanov as extradition proceeds, the Metropolitan Police said.
The probe, covering surveillance from 11 May to 22 June last year, is the UK’s first overseas National Security Act case, demonstrating Britain can apply the act abroad.
He allegedly passed intelligence to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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Britain requested Cyprus extradite Rashad Sultanov, 44, for alleged spying on RAF Akrotiri.
Cypriot authorities have detained Sultanov as extradition proceeds, the Metropolitan Police said.
The probe, covering surveillance from 11 May to 22 June last year, is the UK’s first overseas National Security Act case, demonstrating Britain can apply the act abroad.
He allegedly passed intelligence to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.