US Charges Iranians Over Terror Plots

The Justice Department reported on November 10 that an Iranian-backed militant named Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, who is detained in New York, attempted to plan an attack on RAF Fairford air base in Britain by passing coded messages through family members' phone calls. Al-Saadi previously pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiracy to support Kata'ib Hezbollah, a group designated as terrorist by the…

US authorities have charged three men—Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Mohsen Mohajeri, and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani—with plotting nearly 20 terror attacks targeting Jewish communities in Europe and the US, as well as an attack on RAF Fairford, a British military base housing American service members. Al-Saadi, who is in custody after being arrested earlier this year, allegedly continued coordinating with his…

US prosecutors have charged Mohammad Dawood al-Saadi, an Iranian and Iraqi national already imprisoned in New York, with plotting the foiled attack on RAF Fairford, a UK air force base that houses American B-1 bombers. Al-Saadi allegedly used coded messages to his family to communicate with co-conspirators Mohsen Mohajeri and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani about purchasing chemicals for explosives. Five men in London were…

Three men—Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Mohsen Mohajeri, and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani—are charged with plotting attacks on RAF Fairford in England and Jewish communities in Europe and the US, allegedly at Iran's direction. Unsealed in Manhattan Federal Court, the indictment details their coordination of an assault planned for September 27 against RAF Fairford, which houses American service members. The case…

U.S. authorities have charged three individuals — Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Mohsen Mohajeri, and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani — with planning nearly 20 terror attacks supported by Iran. The suspects allegedly targeted Jewish communities in Europe and the U.S., as well as a British airbase used by the U.S. Air Force. Al-Saadi, who was arrested earlier this year, continued to coordinate with his co-defendants…

The US Justice Department charged three individuals described as "Iranian operatives" for their alleged involvement in a terrorist plot at RAF Fairford airbase in September. The incident was first reported by a local farmer who noticed suspicious activities including several men and white vans near the base, leading to police intervention and subsequent charges against Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Mohsen…

The U.S. Justice Department announced charges on November 10, 2026, against three individuals described as "Iranian operatives" for their alleged involvement in a terrorist plot at RAF Fairford airbase in southwest England. The accused are Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Mohsen Mohajeri, and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, with Al-Saadi already incarcerated in New York on previous terrorism charges. They face an…

The US Department of Justice has charged three Iran-backed operatives with planning a series of attacks in Europe and the UK. The DOJ alleges that these individuals were involved in the September incident near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, where suspicious vans led to a major security alert but no explosives were found. Seven men have been arrested in the UK over this incident, while the US indictment names…

U.S. authorities have charged three men—Mohammad Al-Saadi, Mohsen Mohajeri, and Mohammad Ali Al-Hassani—with plotting nearly 20 terrorist attacks supported by Iran. These planned attacks targeted Jewish communities in Europe and the U.S., as well as a British Royal Air Force base used by the U.S. Air Force. Al-Saadi was arrested earlier this year, while Mohajeri and Al-Hassani remain at large. The indictment details…

Mohammad al-Saadi, 32, who was extradited from the UK to the US in May, is accused by prosecutors of directing terrorist attacks from his cell in Brooklyn using coded messages during phone and FaceTime calls with family members. Al-Saadi allegedly coordinated attacks with Mohsen Mohajeri and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani while using terms like "work" for terrorist activities and discussing payments to fund these…

An indictment unsealed on Tuesday claims that Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, held at New York’s Metropolitan Detention Center since spring, used coded phone calls with his family to coordinate a suspected Iran-backed terror plot targeting RAF Fairford, a British airbase used by the US military. The alleged communications directed nearly 20 attacks against Jewish communities in Europe and the US, according to…

Federal prosecutors in New York have charged three men with terrorism offenses for their alleged involvement in nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks across Europe and the United States on behalf of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iraqi militia Kata'ib Hezbollah. The indictment includes a September plot against a British air base where American forces were stationed, as well as arson attacks…