An eight-count superseding indictment unsealed in Manhattan names Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, an Iranian-Iraqi dual national, Iranian Mohsen Mohajeri, and Iraqi Mohammad Ali al-Hassani. Prosecutors allege they supported Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah, both designated terrorist organizations by Washington.
The alleged campaign included arson attacks on a Jewish charity and synagogue in London, the near-fatal stabbing of two Jewish men, and preparations for an attack on a Manhattan synagogue. Investigators said the defendants sometimes directed attacks through live video calls and helped distribute propaganda footage.
Authorities allege that al-Hassani organized an attempted attack on RAF Fairford in western England, where US bombers and personnel were stationed. Associates reportedly obtained fuel, arranged vans disguised as commercial vehicles, and approached the installation in September before British police intervened.
Al-Saadi, detained in New York following his May arrest, allegedly continued coordinating operations through coded telephone conversations with relatives in Iraq. Mohajeri and al-Hassani remain outside US custody.
“Anyone who plans a terrorist plot on a military base housing American servicemembers will be prosecuted by the United States government,” Attorney General Todd Blanche said.
The charges follow heightened concerns about Iranian-linked attacks on Jewish institutions during the US-Israeli war with Iran, which began in February.
The September incident prompted Washington to withdraw its bombers from RAF Fairford. Iran denied involvement.
Al-Saadi pleaded not guilty to earlier terrorism charges in June.
Source: Iwpost.com
