Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
17%
3 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
72/100
NBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
17
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Three men, including one already jailed in the U.S., were accused by U.S. authorities Tuesday of being Iran-supported operatives who plotted nearly 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe and the U.S., as well as a planned assault on a British air base used by the U.S. Air Force.
asserted
who → include → Force
Charges against Mohammad Al-Saadi, a dual Iranian-Iraqi national; Mohsen Mohajeri, an Iranian national; and Mohammad Ali Al-Hassani, an Iraqi national, were outlined in a superseding indictment unsealed in federal court in New York City.
asserted
Charges → outline → City
Only Al-Saadi — an alleged pro-Iranian terrorist who is believed to have plotted attacks across Europe, Canada and the U.S., as first reported by NBC News — is in custody.
asserted
who → allege → custody
U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald in New York said in a news release that Al-Saadi, who was arrested in the spring, continued to coordinate with his co-defendants in the days leading up to the attempted September terrorist plot at a British Royal Air Force Base in Fairford, where U.S. bombers and troops had been stationed.
asserted
bombers → say → Fairford
“As alleged, these defendants helped orchestrate a campaign of terror on behalf of terrorist organizations affiliated with Iran that targeted Jewish communities in Europe and the United States, and the British military base, RAF Fairford, housing American service members
asserted
that → allege → members
,” said McDonald, whose office is handling the case.
asserted
office → say → case
“The threat presented by Iran and Iran-backed terrorist groups to America and our allies is not hypothetical — it is very real,” he added in the statement.
asserted
he → present → statement
The new indictment offers fresh insight into an episode that has been shrouded in mystery for more than a month after five men were detained after midnight Sept. 27 on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offenses after three suspicious vans were spotted traveling toward the base in western England.
asserted
vans → offer → England
The Justice Department indictment alleges that Al-Hassani paid associates to carry out surveillance of RAF Fairford in August and paid several people to move forward with the plot in September “by procuring vans and barrels of fuel, researching the purchase of chemical accelerants, including large quantities of potassium chloride, and purchasing metallic objects that could be used as explosive shrapnel.”
uncertain
that → allege → shrapnel
The group even made custom decals to give the vans the appearance that they were used by a fuel company and a swimming pool supply business, authorities say.
asserted
authorities → make → company
Al-Hassani is alleged to have then tasked the people to go to the base with the fuel when U.K. law enforcement took the men into custody.
asserted
enforcement → allege → custody
Al-Saadi was helping direct the RAF Fairford plot while he was in a U.S. prison, according to the indictment.
uncertain
he → help → indictment
He made video and phone calls to his family members in Iraq, who are alleged to have passed coded messages to Al-Hassani and Mohajeri.
asserted
who → make → Hassani
In a July call with his sister, Al-Saadi asked, “What are we doing about all our old work?” — a reference to terrorist activity — according to investigators.
uncertain
we → ask → investigators
His sister replied, “It isn’t cancelled,” investigators said.
asserted
investigators → reply → ?
The indictment alleges that the three men conspired to use a network of contacts in the United Kingdom to commit terrorist attacks on behalf of an Iran-aligned terrorist network, which included Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Kata’ib Hizballah.
asserted
which → allege → Corps
In June, Al-Saadi pleaded not guilty to charges that he plotted at least 18 attacks in Europe in retaliation for the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran.
asserted
he → plead → Iran
The U.S. government has designated Kata’ib Hizballah and the Revolutionary Guards as foreign terrorist organizations.
asserted
government → designate → organizations
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