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US Charges Three Iran-Backed Operatives Over Plots Including RAF Fairford Incident
The US Department of Justice has charged three operatives linked to Iran over a series of international terrorist plots, including a September incident near the RAF Fairford air base in the UK.
The US Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging three men—Mohsen Mohajeri, Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, and Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi—with planning terrorist attacks in the US and Europe. According to authorities, the suspects supported Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Kataib Hezbollah, orchestrating nearly 20 attempted attacks under a pseudonym group. Among the targeted events was a major security incident in September near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, where US armed forces are stationed. Prosecutors allege al-Hassani directed and paid associates to conduct surveillance and procure fuel-laden vans for the base plot. Iran has strongly denied any involvement in the incident.
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