US indicts three Iran-backed operatives over nearly 20 attacks targeting Jews across Europe

An indictment was unsealed today charging three Iran-backed operatives over their involvement in nearly 20 attacks targeting Jewish communities in Europe.The eight-count superseding indictment reveals 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, with terrorism-related offenses for their activities in support of Kataib Hezbollah and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), two US designated foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs).The attacks and attempted attacks took place throughout Europe and the United States, as well as a September 2026 terrorist plot at a British Royal Air Force Base in Fairford, United Kingdom, where American armed forces were stationed.Kataib Hezbollah commander Al-Saadi, who helped orchestrate attacks on Jewish and Israeli sites across Europe in the name of Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI), was named in previous coverage by The Jerusalem Post in May. The other two men, however, were until now unnamed.Details of indictmentAccording to the allegations contained in the superseding indictment and other court filings: Al-Saadi, Mohajeri, and al-Hassani allegedly conspired to commit terrorist attacks in Europe and the United States on behalf of an Iran-aligned terrorist network.Al-Hassani and Mohajeri, both of whom were in Iran at the time of the RAF Fairford terrorist plot, allegedly relied on a network of contacts in the United Kingdom.