NicosiaRAF Akrotiri sits on 98 square miles Cyprus ceded to Britain in 1960.
Cypriot police arrested dual British-Azerbaijani national Rashad Sultanov, 44, there July 17, accused of surveilling the base for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
London’s first overseas National Security Act case now tests whose courts and extradition rules apply inside a sovereign base.
Sources: Reuters, Yahoo, The Times of Israel