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Man in Brooklyn Jail Helped Direct Iranian Terror Plot Against U.S. Bombers in Britain Federal prosecutors say an Iran-linked militant already locked up in a Brooklyn jail continued coordinating terrorist operations through coded phone calls to his family in Iraq. Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, an Iranian-Iraqi national, used calls to his mother and sister to pass instructions and arrange payments for an attack on RAF Fairford, a British airbase used by American B-1 bombers. According to the indictment: The suspects allegedly planned to attack the base using 3 vans disguised as commercial vehicles, including fuel delivery and swimming pool service vans. The vehicles were prepared with fuel barrels, chemical accelerants and metal objects intended to increase casualties. The group paid operatives to film and surveil the base in August 2026. On September 24, Al-Saadi told relatives to pass along money, saying, “give him money so we can do it.” On September 26, the vans approached the base. At least 2 were stopped at a security checkpoint, and British authorities arrested suspects the following morning. Prosecutors also charged Mohsen Mohajeri, an IRGC operative, and Mohammad Ali Al-Hassani, who directed the operation from Iran. The failed attack was allegedly part of a wider Iranian-linked campaign involving nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks against Jewish institutions, Israeli interests and other targets across Europe and the U.S. Al-Saadi was already being held in Brooklyn on separate terrorism charges. The new allegations raise questions about how a detainee could allegedly continue coordinating an overseas attack from a U.S. federal jail. Iran denies involvement.