Major update on RAF Fairford as three men indicted 'for orchestrating terror plot'

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The US Justice Department has linked the men to nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks throughout Europe and the United States.

Three men have been indicted for orchestrating an alleged terror plot at RAF Fairford. The men - Iranian-Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Iranian national Mohsen Mohajeri and Iraqi national Mohammad Ali al-Hassani - have been charged with terrorism-related offenses.

Their charges are related to activities in support of Kata'ib Hizballah and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), two US designated foreign terrorist organizations, and a September 2026 terrorist plot at the British RAF Base in Fairford.

Details of the charges were released by the US Justice Department, which has linked the men to nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks throughout Europe and the United States.

In September 2026, al-Hassani allegedly orchestrated the terrorist plot at RAF Fairford, which at the time of the attempted attack housed US military aircraft and personnel.

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 UK.

Al-Saadi, who was imprisoned and awaiting trial on pending terrorism charges in the Southern District of New York, attempted to coordinate with al-Hassani and Mohajeri from jail by passing coded messages through third parties.

According to the US Justice Department, al-Hassani allegedly directed and paid associates in the United Kingdom to conduct preparatory steps and arrange logistics for the RAF Fairford Terrorist Plot in August of this year.

Prosecutors say that on August 22, al-Hassani paid one person to perform 'pre-operational surveillance of RAF Fairford’s perimeter' and he then received videos of the area surrounding the base.

Then, in September, al-Hassani is accused of paying several individuals to help him prepare for the plot, including by procuring vans and barrels of fuel, researching the purchase of chemical accelerants, including large quantities of potassium chloride, and purchasing metallic objects that could be used as explosive…

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