US charges three men with plotting nearly 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe, US

The Justice Department revealed Tuesday that three men have been charged with terrorism-related offenses for allegedly plotting nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks on Jewish communities throughout Europe and the United States.

The three men are suspected of being Iran-supported operatives and one man is already in U.S. custody.

The charges were laid out in an eight-count superseding indictment that was unsealed Tuesday and identified the suspects as dual Iranian-Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Iranian national Mohsen Mohajeri and Iraqi national Mohammad Ali al-Hassani.

U.S. Attorney in New York Jamie McDonald said in a news release that al-Saadi, who was arrested in the spring, continued to coordinate with his co-defendants in the days leading up to an attempted September terrorist plot at a British Royal Air Force Base in the United Kingdom, where U.S. bombers and troops were stationed.

"These defendants helped orchestrate a campaign of terror on behalf of terrorist organizations affiliated with Iran that targeted Jewish communities in Europe and the United States, and the British military base, RAF Fairford, housing American service members,” McDonald said. “Even after one of their co-conspirators was arrested and placed in federal custody, the defendants allegedly continued coordinating terrorist activity through coded communications and a network of associates overseas. 

"The threat presented by Iran and Iran-backed terrorist groups to America and our allies is not hypothetical — it is very real," he continued. "Our Office will not stop working to address and disrupt this threat, and to prosecute those responsible.”  

The indictment accuses the men of conspiring to commit terrorist attacks on behalf of an Iran-aligned terrorist network. 

The new information also sheds light on the arrest of five men, who were detained Sept. 27 on suspected explosives and terrorism offenses after three suspicious vans were spotted traveling toward the base in western England, according to the Associated Press.

A sixth suspect, a British-Iranian dual national, was arrested several days later and all were released on bail.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.