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Three Iran-backed suspects plotted attacks including RAF Fairford incident, US says
Prosecutors say the trio used coded messages, surveillance and rented vans to prepare attacks on Jewish sites and a U.S. base, with nearly 20 plots cited.
- On Tuesday, US prosecutors charged imprisoned militant Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi with directing a terror plot against RAF Fairford from his cell using FaceTime calls.
- Al-Saadi allegedly used 'coded language' to direct two lieutenants, Mohammad Ali Hassani and Mohsen Mohajeri, arrested in Britain following a September security incident at the airbase.
- The Department of Justice said Hassani arranged surveillance and 'paid several individuals' to help prepare the plot, including 'procuring vans and barrels of fuel' and 'purchasing metallic objects that could be used as explosive shrapnel.'
- Prosecutors allege al-Saadi managed $1 million in transfers and planned 18 terrorist attacks in Europe at the behest of Tehran, including seven targeting Jewish sites in London.
- Investigations link the suspects to Iran-aligned networks including Kata and Hizballah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, while armed police maintain security checks around the Gloucestershire base.
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