Indicted Iranians 'filmed studying map of London as they plot sabotage attacks'

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Iranian suspects accused of plotting attacks in the US and Europe were filmed studying a map of London as they planned a campaign to “focus” on the UK capital, documents released…

Iranian suspects accused of plotting attacks in the US and Europe were filmed studying a map of London as they planned a campaign to “focus” on the UK capital, documents released by US authorities allege.

Three men have been charged with orchestrating terrorist attacks, including at the RAF Fairford airbase in Gloucestershire in September, which was housing US military aircraft and personnel.

The US Justice Department unsealed an eight-count indictment on Tuesday charging Mohammad Al Saadi, 32, a dual Iranian-Iraqi national, Mohsen Mohajeri, 48, an Iranian national, and Mohammad Ali Al Hassani, 35, an Iraqi national, with terrorism-related offences.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said the activity at Fairford was likely to have been co-ordinated by Iran.

The indictment contains detailed allegations of how Mr Al Saadi directed the RAF Fairford plot from a New York prison, using coded messages sent via his family.

He is being held after being charged in connection with allegedly orchestrating a series of attacks on Jewish and Iranian opposition targets in Europe and the US.

The new charges allege that all three men were involved in those attacks and in a terrorist plot to attack RAF Fairford.

The attacks on synagogues and other Jewish targets were carried out in the name Harakat Ashab Al Yamin Al Islamia, also known as Ashab Al Yamin, which translates as the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right Hand.

The Justice Department has released an image of what is alleged to be Mr Mohajeri and Mr Al Hassani planning attacks from a room in Iraq with a map of London showing on a computer screen. In a video of that meeting, the pair said they “need to get focused on London”. Six days later the first attack took place.

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