# US prosecutors charge Iranian operative allegedly responsible for UK air force base attack

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/us-prosecutors-charge-iranian-operative-allegedly-responsible-for-uk-air-force-base-attack/
- Published: 2026-11-10T21:57:57+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T22:25:05+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/10/prosecutors-charge-iranian-operative-uk-air-force-attack
- Topics: Americas, Middle East, Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- US prosecutors allege an imprisoned operative directed a plot against RAF Fairford.
- Five men were arrested near the base on 27 September.
- The indictment says coded calls were used to pass plans from custody.

## Summary

US federal prosecutors allege that Mohammad Dawood al-Saadi, an Iranian-Iraqi national held in New York, directed a foiled plot against RAF Fairford in England. The indictment says he sent plans through coded family phone calls while in custody, and that the alleged plot was intended as retribution for the US war in Iran.

Prosecutors say two co-conspirators organised surveillance and sought vans, fuel, chemicals and metal objects for use in an attack. Five men from London were arrested near the base on 27 September after a farmer reported vans blocking a road. RAF Fairford hosts US bombers and was used in the US bombing campaign against Iran; Iran’s Revolutionary Guard had previously described bases used to attack Iran as legitimate targets.

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