Overview

• The unidentified British national is detained under an eight-day order pending inquiries into espionage and terrorism offences.
• Authorities allege he has monitored RAF Akrotiri and Cyprus’s Andreas Papandreou air base since mid-April.
• He was arrested in Limassol’s Zakaki suburb after a foreign intelligence tip-off warned of a planned strike.
• Investigators suspect links to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, prompting renewed UK calls to proscribe the IRGC.
• The case has led to tightened security at RAF Akrotiri and deeper cooperation between UK and Cypriot counter-terror units.