UK arrests two suspected Iranian spies who tried to enter nuclear submarine base in Scotland

UK police arrested two suspected Iranian intelligence operatives after they tried to enter Britain's nuclear submarine base in Scotland on Thursday (Day 20, March 19), the Sun newspaper reported on Day 21. The base is HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, which is home to the entire UK nuclear submarine fleet including the four Vanguard-class submarines carrying Trident ballistic missiles — the UK's nuclear deterrent. No further details on the suspects' identities, how far into the base they penetrated, or what specific intelligence they were seeking were immediately available. The UK government has not made an official statement. The attempted infiltration of Britain's nuclear submarine base during an active Iran war is consistent with a pattern of accelerating Iranian intelligence operations against Western military and defense targets: the Iron Dome reservist Raz Cohen was charged the same day (Day 21) with spying for Iran since before the war; the UAE dismantled a Hezbollah/Iran terrorist network on Day 21; and Kuwait arrested 10 Hezbollah operatives on Day 19. Iran appears to be running an active, multi-front intelligence campaign alongside the kinetic war.