Washington accuses Iran-linked network of planning 20 international attacks

The US Department of Justice announced formal charges against three people suspected of working for a network linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah, accusing them of involvement in about 20 attacks and attempted attacks targeting sites in the United States and Europe. The indictment included a plot against RAF Fairford in Britain last September, as well as plots targeting Jewish gatherings in European countries and a synagogue in New York. The defendants are Muhammad Baqir Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Mohsen Mohajeri and Muhammad Ali al-Hasani; al-Saadi was arrested in the United States in May 2026 and is accused of continuing to coordinate via encrypted messages from detention, while Mohajeri and al-Hasani remain outside US custody.