The United States Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment charging three Iran-backed operatives in connection with a coordinated string of eighteen terrorist attacks and attempted plots across Europe and the United States. 

The defendants identified as Iranian national Mohsen Mohajeri, Iraqi national Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, and dual Iranian Iraqi citizen Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi allegedly acted on behalf of the group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI), with ties to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Kataib Hezbollah.

According to federal prosecutors, the campaign involved arsons, explosives, and violent assaults across multiple cities, including London, Paris, and Amsterdam. Among the incidents detailed in the indictment are a near-fatal stabbing of two individuals in London, arson attacks targeting a London synagogue and a Jewish educational charity building, and planned plots against Jewish institutions in Manhattan.

The indictment highlights that several attacks were directed remotely in real time, with operatives coordinating actions via video calls. Notably, al-Saadi is accused of relaying coded messages and directing operations from a New York prison while awaiting trial on previous charges, while Mohajeri and al-Hassani remained abroad.

Federal investigators focus heavily on a major security incident at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. Prosecutors state that al-Hassani orchestrated a plot involving the deployment of three suspicious vans near the airbase in late September. Investigators found that associates had been recruited, paid, and directed to perform surveillance, procure barrels of fuel and potential shrapnel materials, and disguise the vehicles to resemble commercial delivery trucks. The operation was ultimately disrupted following local reports and a subsequent police response, leading to multiple arrests in the UK and the temporary withdrawal of US bombers from the facility.

The Iranian embassy in London has strongly rejected the allegations, dismissing the claims as unfounded and malicious speculation. Meanwhile, the legal proceedings and investigations involving the suspects and detained accomplices continue internationally.