British Azerbaijani Man Arrested in Cyprus Over Alleged Spying on UK Airbase for Iran The arrest of Rashad Sultanov, a 44 year old British Azerbaijani national from Islington, north London, has sent shockwaves through the intelligence community and raised questions about the motivations behind alleged spying on RAF Akrotiri base.
Sultanov was detained by Cypriot authorities on July 17th as part of an investigation into incidents at the airbase between May 11th and June 22nd last year.
The British government has invoked the National Security Act to investigate hostile state activity abroad, a significant development in the country's approach to counter terrorism.