DOJ charges three Iran-backed operatives over RAF Fairford plot and 18 European attacks
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The Justice Department unsealed an eight-count superseding indictment in the Southern District of New York charging three Iran-aligned operatives with terrorism offenses. The case spans nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks across Europe and the US, including a September 2026 plot against RAF Fairford, and alleges one defendant directed activity using coded prison phone calls while awaiting trial.
- The eight-count superseding indictment charges al-Saadi, Mohajeri and al-Hassani with material support to Kata'ib Hizballah and the IRGC, both US-designated foreign terrorist organizations.
- Charges cover nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks across Europe and the US, including 18 attacks claimed in spring 2026 under the front name Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya, seven of them in the UK.
- Al-Hassani allegedly orchestrated the September 2026 RAF Fairford plot, directing associates to drive three vans toward the base before UK police recovered them and arrested the occupants on September 27.
- Al-Saadi, in federal custody since May, allegedly used monitored prison phone calls with family in Iraq to pass coded messages directing further terrorist activity.
- Count Eight charges financing terrorism; the conspiracy to bomb a place of public use (Count Six) and attempted acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries (Count Five) each carry a maximum of life in prison.
Executive summary
The Department of Justice on November 10, 2026 unsealed an eight-count superseding indictment in the Southern District of New York charging three men with terrorism-related offenses connected to Kata'ib Hizballah and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, both designated foreign terrorist…
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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-iranian-backed-operatives-indicted-their-roles-nearly-20-terrorist-attacks-andRead by Regulus 11 Nov 2026 at 07:46 UTC
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