US Charges Three Iran-Backed Operatives Over Nearly 20 Attacks
The eight-count indictment links them to Kata’ib Hezbollah and the Revolutionary Guard; the FBI director says it shows Iran’s determination to attack in Europe and the US
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) - The US Justice Department announced an eight-count indictment on Tuesday against three men it calls Iran-backed operatives, accusing them of terrorism-related offenses for supporting Kata’ib Hezbollah and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, in nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks across Europe and the United States.
The charges include a September plot at RAF Fairford, a British Royal Air Force base where American forces were stationed.
🚨 The individuals were charged with terrorism-related offenses and their involvement in nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks in the U.S. and Europe, including a September 2026 plot at a British Royal Air Force Base in Fairford, United Kingdom, where American armed forces were stationed.
— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) November 10, 2026
FBI Director Kash Patel said the indictment “shows the determination of Iran to commit terrorist attacks in Europe and the U.S.,” including a plot that was recently prevented at Fairford.
Attorney General Todd Blanche said anyone who plans a terrorist plot on a military base housing American service members will be prosecuted.
The Justice Department named the defendants as Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, a dual Iranian and Iraqi national, Mohsen Mohajeri, an Iranian, and Mohammed Ali al-Hassani, an Iraqi.
It says they conspired on behalf of an Iran-aligned terrorist network that includes the Revolutionary Guard and Kata’ib Hezbollah, both designated by the US as foreign terrorist organizations.
The charges include conspiring to provide material support to Kata’ib Hezbollah, conspiring to provide material support for acts of terrorism, conspiring to bomb a place of public use, and financing terrorism, and some carry a maximum of life in prison. Al-Saadi, who was charged in New York on May 28 for involvement in planning and promoting about 18 attacks in Europe and for attempting to bomb a synagogue in New York, is in US custody. The Justice Department says he sent coded messages through family members by phone from jail to help al-Hassani and Mohajeri in Iran and Iraq with future attacks. It says the attacks included arsons, explosives and a near-fatal stabbing of two Jewish men in London, and were claimed by a front for Kata’ib Hezbollah called Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya.
The announcement comes after the US moved bombers out of RAF Fairford in October and aircraft from RAF Mildenhall on Monday over Iranian threats, and after The New York Times reported that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent moved to a military base. Iran has denied involvement in the Fairford plot. Kata’ib Hezbollah is one of the Iraqi factions that have refused to disarm under Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s plan and said last week that no line will limit its strikes.