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US charges three over Iran-backed terror plots

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Defendants
3 charged
Targeted military site
RAF Fairford, UK
Alleged affiliation
Kataib Hezbollah / Iranian proxies
Jurisdiction
US District Court, Manhattan

US prosecutors allege Mohammad Ali Hassani, 35, directed attacks on Britain via FaceTime, according to the Telegraph. Hassani is named as the mastermind of the RAF Fairford plot.

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US prosecutors charge three men linked to Iran over nearly 20 planned attacks in Europe and the US, including a failed plot directed from a New York jail against RAF Fairford.

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