DOJ: Iran-Directed Terror Cell Plotted Attack on New York Synagogue
The US Department of Justice indicted three operatives of an Iran-directed terror network behind a wave of attacks on Jewish targets in Europe, an attempt on a British air base, and a planned attack on a synagogue in New York • Full Story
The United States Department of Justice announced the filing of indictments against three terror operatives suspected of acting on behalf of Iran and involved in a series of attacks against Jewish communities and other targets in Europe and the United States, including an attempt to bomb a British Air Force base that also hosts American soldiers and the planning of an attack on a synagogue in New York.
The defendants, Muhammad Bakr Saad Daoud al-Saadi, Muhsan Mohajeri and Muhammad Ali al-Hassani, are suspected of belonging to a terror network that carried out or attempted nearly 20 attacks on behalf of Kata’ib Hezbollah and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, both designated terror organizations in the United States.
According to the federal prosecution, the network stood behind a wave of attacks against Jewish targets in Europe since the outbreak of the war with Iran, including the stabbing of two Jewish men in London and the hurling of a Molotov cocktail at a synagogue in the city.
Investigators say the defendants tracked the execution of the attacks through real-time video calls and later distributed propaganda videos documenting them.
As part of the network’s activity, an attack on a synagogue in New York was also allegedly planned. The defendants are additionally suspected of involvement in an attempt to attack Britain’s RAF Fairford base, also used by the American forces stationed in the UK.
Al-Saadi, against whom an indictment was already filed in May for conspiring to provide material support to Iran-backed terror organizations, is suspected of continuing to direct terror operatives even after being jailed in New York. According to documents filed by the prosecution on Tuesday, al-Saadi maintained contact with Mohajeri, an Iranian citizen, and with al-Hassani, an Iraqi citizen, through “encrypted messages passed via third parties.”
Al-Saadi is held in federal custody in New York, while the other two defendants have yet to be arrested, two sources told CBS News.
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