'Mastermind' of RAF Fairford terror plot 'directed other attacks from his US cell while on FaceTime', US prosecutors say

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Mohammad al-Saadi, 32, was extradited to the US in May over charges linking him to 20 attempted terror attacks across the US and Europe.

Published: 01:58 GMT, 11 November 2026 | Updated: 01:59 GMT, 11 November 2026

The suspected mastermind of the RAF Fairford terror plot directed other attacks it's claimed he was involved in from behind bars in the US, prosecutors have said.

Mohammad al-Saadi, 32, was extradited to the US in May over charges linking him to 20 attempted terror attacks across the US and Europe, including antisemitic fire-bombings in London.

The US Department of Justice said that two other men Mohsen Mohajeri and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, who are both in Iran, worked with al-Saadi on the Fairford plot and a wave of other attacks.

An eight-count indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday claimed that while jailed in New York, al-Saadi passed 'coded messages' to Al-Hassani and Mohajeri to coordinate ahead of the plot.

It's claimed he used the coded language in phone and FaceTime calls to his mother and sister in Iraq to pass messages to his associates to carry out the air base bombing.

US prosecutors said that while speaking to his family from the Brooklyn jail, al-Saadi told them he owed money to Mohajeri and directed them to pass messages to him about 'work,' a term al-Saadi used to describe terrorist activity.

'What are they doing about all our old work?' al-Saadi asked his sister on a July 30 call, according to the indictment.

It said he asked her whether it had been cancelled or just put on pause, to which she responded that 'it isn't cancelled.'

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