Three charged in alleged plot targeting RAF Fairford

A Manhattan federal court has unsealed an eight-count superseding indictment charging three men over an alleged network of attacks and a plot targeting RAF Fairford, a British air base used by U.S. forces. Prosecutors allege the defendants supported Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah. The allegations have not been tested at trial, and Iran has denied involvement in the Fairford plot.

The defendants are Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Mohsen Mohajeri and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani. Al-Saadi was already in U.S. custody on separate terrorism charges. Mohajeri and al-Hassani are not in U.S. custody, according to the indictment-related reporting. The men are accused of involvement in nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks across Europe and the United States, including incidents targeting Jewish sites and a planned attack on RAF Fairford.

Prosecutors say al-Hassani directed preparations for the Fairford operation from Iran, arranging surveillance and logistics through contacts in Britain. The alleged preparations included procuring three vans and fuel, and collecting metal objects that prosecutors say could have been used as shrapnel....