- U.S. authorities charged three Iran-backed operatives with plotting nearly 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe and the US, as well as a planned assault on a UK airbase.
- Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi allegedly helped direct the September plot against RAF Fairford from a US jail using coded communications.
- The incident at RAF Fairford led to the arrest of six suspects in the UK and prompted the US to redeploy its bombers back to American bases.
- US prosecutors stated the defendants acted on behalf of Iran-aligned terrorist groups, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Kata’ib Hizballah.
- Al-Saadi is currently the only suspect in custody, while co-defendants Mohsen Mohajeri and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani remain at large.
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