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Three men, including one already jailed in the United States, have been accused by U.S. authorities 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 airbase used by the U.S. Air Force.
Charges against Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a dual Iranian-Iraqi national; Mohsen Mohajeri, an Iranian national; and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, an Iraqi national, were detailed in a superseding indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court. Only al-Saadi is in custody.
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, United Kingdom, where U.S. bombers and troops had been stationed, prosecutors allege.
“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,” U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald said in a news release.
"The threat presented by Iran and Iran-backed terrorist groups to America and our allies is not hypothetical — it is very real.”
