US charges 3 over RAF Fairford terror plot tied to Iran-backed network
What's new: Prosecutors linked the trio to nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks in Europe and the US, including attacks on Jewish targets.
US prosecutors charged three men with terrorism offenses tied to an alleged Iran-backed plot against RAF Fairford in England, a base that has hosted US forces. An indictment unsealed in New York names Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Mohsen Mohajeri and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani. Prosecutors say the men worked on behalf of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Kataeb Hezbollah and helped coordinate a wider campaign of attacks in Europe and the United States. The case centers on suspicious vans seen near RAF Fairford in September, some allegedly loaded with barrels of fuel and prepared with shrapnel materials. The indictment also links the trio to attacks on Jewish targets in London and New York. Iran denied involvement in the Fairford incident.