British-Azerbaijani national arrested for allegedly spying on airbase in Cyprus for Iran's IRGC

An Azerbaijani citizen has been detained in Cyprus for passing information to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Operativ Media reports, citing The Jerusalem Post, that 44-year-old Rashad Sultanov, a dual British-Azerbaijani citizen, collected intelligence regarding Britain's RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus and transmitted it to the IRGC.

Extradition procedures will be carried out against him.