Three Iranians Indicted for Terror Plot at RAF Base
Three Iranians indicted for terror plot targeting RAF base and American interests in Europe and U.S.
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Three alleged Iranian operatives have been indicted for their roles in nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks across Europe and the United States, including a September plot targeting a British air base where American military personnel were stationed. The Justice Department announced that Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a dual Iranian-Iraqi national; Mohsen Mohajeri, an Iranian national; and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, an Iraqi national, face an eight-count superseding indictment alleging they helped orchestrate attacks on Jewish communities and American interests in support of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the Iraqi militia Kata’ib Hizballah.
Raid on RAF Fairford
The most recent alleged plot targeted Royal Air Force Fairford in Gloucestershire, England, which housed U.S. military aircraft and personnel. Prosecutors allege that al-Hassani coordinated the operation from Iran, recruiting and paying associates in Britain to conduct surveillance, acquire vehicles, and prepare materials for an attack.
The indictment alleges that al-Hassani arranged for associates to obtain three vans, barrels of fuel, chemical accelerants, and metal objects that could be used as shrapnel. The vehicles were fitted with custom decals designed to make them appear to belong to a fuel delivery company and a swimming pool supply business.
On September 26, al-Hassani allegedly directed three vans toward the air base, communicating with their drivers as they approached. At least two vehicles encountered a security checkpoint and were unable to proceed along their intended routes. British authorities recovered all three vans in the early hours of September 27 and arrested their occupants.
Coordinated Efforts and Coded Messages
The indictment describes an alleged conspiracy that continued even after one of its central figures, al-Saadi, was arrested in Turkey in May and transferred to the United States to face terrorism charges. While imprisoned in New York awaiting trial, al-Saadi allegedly used phone calls with his mother and sister in Iraq to relay coded messages to Mohajeri and al-Hassani.
In one call, al-Saadi allegedly asked whether the group’s previous “work” had been canceled or merely put on pause. His sister reportedly responded that “it isn’t cancelled.” Prosecutors say al-Saadi used the word “work” as a reference to terrorist activity.
On September 24, three days before British authorities recovered the vans, al-Saadi allegedly asked his family about al-Hassani and instructed them to “give him money so we can do it.”
Global Terror Network
The air base plot was only the latest alleged operation involving the three men. Prosecutors say the network carried out or attempted approximately 18 attacks across Europe during the spring of 2026 under the name Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya, or HAYI, which authorities describe as a front for Kata’ib Hizballah and other terrorist organizations.
Seven of those attacks reportedly took place in the United Kingdom, more than in any other European country. The incidents included arson, explosives, and a near-fatal stabbing in London that targeted two Jewish men, one of whom holds dual U.S. and British citizenship.
Source: Daily Wire
