US indicts three Iran-backed operatives over nearly 20 attacks targeting Jews across Europe
Three Iran-backed operatives face US terrorism charges over attacks on Jewish communities across Europe and an alleged plot targeting a British air base housing American forces.
An indictment has been unsealed, charging three Iran-backed operatives with involvement in nearly 20 attacks against Jewish communities across Europe. The indictment, which includes eight terrorism-related offenses, accuses Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, an Iranian-Iraqi national, Mohsen Mohajeri, an Iranian national, and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, an Iraqi national, of supporting Kataib Hezbollah and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), both designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the United States.
The attacks spanned across Europe and the United States, including a September 2026 plot at a British RAF base in Fairford, where American forces were stationed. Kataib Hezbollah commander Al-Saadi, who orchestrated attacks on Jewish and Israeli sites in Europe, was previously named in coverage by The Jerusalem Post. Al-Saadi, Mohajeri, and al-Hassani were part of an Iran-aligned terrorist network, conspiring to commit terrorist attacks in Europe and the United States on behalf of this network.
Al-Hassani and Mohajeri, both in Iran at the time of the RAF Fairford plot, relied on a network of contacts in the United Kingdom. Al-Saadi, imprisoned and awaiting trial in New York on pending terrorism charges, attempted to coordinate with al-Hassani and Mohajeri from jail through coded messages. The three allegedly planned many of the European attacks and helped create and publish online propaganda videos of these incidents.
On April 6, Mohajeri and al-Hassani planned attacks while together in Iraq, with a map of London displayed on a computer screen. Al-Hassani directed the perpetrators' actions during subsequent calls, instructing them to carry out attacks and take specific actions with improvised explosive devices. Al-Saadi also attempted to coordinate and carry out attacks in the United States, including a planned synagogue attack in Manhattan before his arrest. Al-Hassani directed and paid associates in the UK for the RAF Fairford terrorist plot.
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