US Charges Three Men Over Alleged Plots Targeting Jewish Communities and RAF Fairford
US prosecutors charged three men over alleged Iran-backed plots against Jewish communities in Europe and the United States and a British airbase housing American forces.
The update
US prosecutors unsealed an indictment in Manhattan on Tuesday charging three men over alleged plots for nearly 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe and the United States, and a planned September assault on RAF Fairford, a British airbase housing American bombers and troops. The men are Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a dual Iranian-Iraqi national, Mohsen Mohajeri, an Iranian national, and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, an Iraqi national. Only al-Saadi is in custody. Prosecutors allege al-Saadi, arrested in the spring, kept coordinating from jail before the Fairford attempt, passing coded messages through family calls.
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Prosecutors allege the men acted for an Iran-aligned network including Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Kata’ib Hezbollah, both designated by the United States. The September Fairford episode, when five men were detained after suspicious vans headed toward the base, prompted the United States to withdraw its bombers. Iran has denied any role. Al-Saadi pleaded not guilty in June to earlier charges and is held without bail; his lawyers called the coded-language assertion speculative.
What to watch
Whether the other two men are brought into custody, and how the case proceeds. The charges are allegations not yet tested in court, and no trial date has been reported.
Sources
- cbc.ca — confirms the three names, the nearly 20 alleged plots, the Fairford episode and that only al-Saadi is in custody
- srnnews.com — Reuters confirms the Fairford plot from jail, the coded-message allegation, the defence dispute and Iran’s denial
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