Listen to this articleDear 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated using AI-based technology. Pronunciation errors may occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve results. Three men, including one already imprisoned in the United States, were charged Tuesday by U.S. authorities with being Iranian-backed agents who planned nearly 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe and the United States, as well as a planned assault on a British air base used by the U.S. Air Force. Charges against Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a dual Iranian and Iraqi national; Mohsen Mohajeri, Iranian citizen; and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, an Iraqi national, were described in a superseding indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court. Only al-Saadi is in custody. U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald in New York said in a news release that al-Saadi, who was arrested in the spring, allegedly continued to coordinate with his co-defendants in the days leading up to the September terrorist plot attempt at a British Royal Air Force base in Fairford, U.K., where U.S. bombers and troops had been stationed. and the British military base, RAF Fairford, which houses American service members,” McDonald said. “The threat that Iran and Iranian-backed terrorist groups pose to the United States and our allies is not hypothetical, it is very real.” Additional suspects arrested in UK: UK police arrest five people near air base on suspicion of terrorist plot. Police arrested five men near RAF Fairford air base, not far from the town of Whelford, England. Authorities suspect the men are preparing a terrorist plot possibly linked to the war in Iran as the US uses the air base to launch attacks. Attorney General Todd Blanche said: “Anyone planning a terrorist plot at a military base housing US military personnel will be prosecuted by the US government. The new indictment offers new insight into an episode that has been shrouded in mystery for more than a month after five men were detained after midnight on September 27 for suspected explosives and bombings. terrorism. crimes after three suspicious vans were spotted traveling towards the base in western England. A sixth suspect, a dual British and Iranian national, was arrested several days later. All the men were released on bail and, although Iran denied involvement, the arrests led the United States to withdraw the bombers that had been stationed there. 100 miles west of London, it has been used by American bombers during decades of conflict in the Middle East. According to the indictment, al-Saadi allegedly used coded language in communications with relatives from prison to order the money to be passed to others who could carry out attacks. The indictment alleged that the three men conspired together to use a network of contacts in the United Kingdom to carry out terrorist attacks on behalf of an Iran-aligned terrorist network, which included the Revolutionary Guard Corps. Islamic (IRGC) and Kata’ib Hezbollah. In June, al-Saadi pleaded not guilty to charges that he planned at least 18 attacks in Europe in retaliation for the US and Israel’s war with Iran. He has been detained without bail since then. His lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the latest development. of the United States as foreign terrorist organizations. American prosecutors say Al-Saadi was a commander of Kata’ib Hezbollah.
