US charges 3 alleged Iran operatives for targeting RAF Fairford in UK, 20 other terror plots

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The indictment alleges the men acted for Iran’s IRGC and Kata’ib Hizballah; British officials have attributed the plot to Iran. | World News

The United States has charged three men with terrorism-related offences linked to almost 20 actual and attempted attacks across the US and Europe. The charges also cover an alleged September 2026 plot targeting a British Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Fairford, UK, which was housing American military aircraft and personnel.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed an updated eight-count indictment accusing three men of terrorism-related offences: Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a dual Iranian-Iraqi national; Mohsen Mohajeri, an Iranian national; and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, an Iraqi national. Prosecutors allege the trio operated on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Iran-backed Iraqi militia Kata’ib Hizballah, both designated as foreign terrorist organisations by the US.

“Anyone who plans a terrorist plot on a military base housing American service members will be prosecuted by the United States government,” US Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement. “The defendants listed in the indictment allegedly supported two foreign terrorist organisations, and al-Saadi allegedly coordinated with his co-defendants in the days leading up to the attempted terrorist plot.” He added.

Despite being in US federal custody, al-Saadi allegedly continued coordinating terrorist activities through coded messages passed to his associates via family members in Iraq.

Prosecutors said he used phone calls with his mother and sister to communicate with Mohajeri and al-Hassani, referring to terrorist activities as 'work'. In a 24 September conversation, he allegedly instructed his family to give al-Hassani money, saying, "so we can do it".

Three days later, British authorities recovered three vans near RAF Fairford and arrested their occupants.

A major security incident was declared at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, Britain, where several men were arrested on suspicion of explosives-related offences on September 27.

Following this, the US withdrew its…

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