Coded messages from jail cell: How alleged Iranian operative coordinated foiled RAF Fairford terror plot

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American and British authorities suspected an Iranian link to the foiled terror plot, while Tehran has denied any involvement in the case.

The United States has charged three men linked to Iran in relation to the major incident at RAF Fairford in the UK.

The incident, which took place on September 27, occurred near RAF Fairford airbase in Gloucestershire, England. Police intercepted three suspicious vans near the Air Force base containing fuel barrels.

American and British authorities suspected an Iranian link to the foiled terror plot, while Tehran has denied any involvement in the case.

According to the DOJ, an eight-count superseding indictment was unsealed charging 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 offences for their activities in support of Kata’ib Hizballah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The three men have been accused of aiding the IRGC in planning terror attacks across the US and Europe, and the most recent one at RAF Fairford.

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RAF Fairford, while a British base, is used by the US Air Force for its bomber aircraft. The base was also reportedly in use for the ongoing conflict between the US and Iran.

“This eight-count indictment shows the determination of Iran to commit terrorist attacks in Europe and the U.S., including one plot that was recently prevented at RAF Fairfield, a British Royal Air Force Base where American forces were stationed,” said FBI director Kash Patel.

Among the three operatives is Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, who sent out coded messages from a jail cell in New York to coordinate the foiled terror plot at RAF Fairford.

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