Two Iranian intelligence agents accused of plotting a string of terror attacks in the UK wanted to obtain missiles and drones, according to prosecutors. Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi and Mohsen Mohajeri allegedly sought the deadly weapons from contacts in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Alleged plots and propaganda
The US Department of Justice said the pair, along with Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, were “personally involved” in planning “many” terror attacks in Europe. Al-Hassani and Mohajeri insisted “we need to get focused on London” and helped create propaganda videos showing successful terror incidents.
US prosecutors said: “In early March 2026, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi and Mohsen Mohajeri, the defendants, began plotting to carry out terrorist attacks in Europe.
“To do so, al-Saadi and Mohajeri, who was officially a member of the IRGC from at least in or about 2004, discussed procuring drones and missiles from Mohajeri's IRGC contacts and broader network in Iran.”
Attacks on Jewish targets
Attacks on synagogues, the targeting of two Jewish men in Golders Green and the arson attack on Hatzola ambulances were all allegedly plotted by the trio. The US Department of Justice laid bare the network’s web of terror, saying: “Al-Saadi, Mohajeri, and Al-Hassani were allegedly personally involved in planning many of the European Terrorist Attacks, and al-Saadi and Mohajeri helped create and publish online propaganda videos of these attacks.
“For example, on or about April 6, Mohajeri and al-Hassani planned attacks while together in a room in Iraq with a map of London displayed on a computer screen. In a video of that meeting, al-Hassani told Mohajeri, 'we need to get focused on London'.”
In April, al-Saadi, al-Hassani and Mohajeri, along with other unnamed individuals, were in a room together on a FaceTime call with an attacker who was firebombing a Jewish charity in London. Al-Hassani gave the firebomber instructions as the alleged conspirators watched him carry out the attack projected onto a large screen.
A day later, al-Hassani held a video call with an individual who was attacking a London synagogue, according to the indictment. Al-Hassani told the assailant to “light it up like a Christmas tree.” The individual then lit an explosive and threw it at the building. After the attacks, the network allegedly distributed the footage as propaganda, the indictment said.
RAF Fairford plot
Al-Saadi, 32, is alleged to have conspired and urged other people for nearly a decade to commit violent attacks against the US and its citizens “on behalf of terrorist organisations, including multiple global terror proxies for the Iranian regime”.
The trio have also been linked to the alleged terror plot targeting RAF Fairford. The US Department of Justice said al-Saadi allegedly sent “coded messages” in calls from his prison cell to his family to give instructions to the other men plotting the RAF Fairford attack in September.
US officials allege al-Hassani, a dual Iranian Iraqi national, and Iranian Mohsen Mohajeri used “a network of contacts in the United Kingdom” to orchestrate the Fairford plot from Iran. Al-Hassani wanted his associates in the UK to impersonate a fuel delivery company and communicated with the van drivers tasked with the alleged RAF Fairford plot.
When two of the three vans were encountered at a security roadblock, they were diverted away from their intended route. The US Department of Justice added: “That day, al-Hassani was in frequent communication with the van drivers, helping to coordinate their movements and directing them where to drive. At least two of the three vans, while en route to the perimeter of RAF Fairford, encountered a security roadblock and were not allowed to proceed on their intended route.
“Al-Hassani communicated with the drivers and occupants of the vans both before and after encountering the security checkpoint. In the early morning hours of Sept. 27, law enforcement authorities in the United Kingdom recovered three white vans to which the fuel delivery business logos were affixed and arrested the occupants.”
