US charges 3 ‘Iranian operatives’ over UK airbase plot

The US Justice Department on Tuesday announced charges against three men it described as “Iranian operatives” over their role in an alleged terrorist plot at Britain’s RAF Fairford airbase.

Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Mohsen Mohajeri and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani were charged in relation to the September incident at the base, which has been used by the US military in its operations against Iran.

Police were called to the Fairford site in southwest England after a local farmer reported seeing a group of men with several white vans engaged in “suspicious” activity.