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The US Justice Department announced charges on Tuesday against three men it described as Iranian operatives over an alleged plot to attack RAF Fairford, the British airbase used by US forces. Prosecutors said Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, who is already jailed in New York, tried to pass coded messages to two other alleged Iran-backed operatives through calls to family members. Reuters reported the Justice Department's account, and Iran International carried the indictment. The men are accused of helping plan and direct a September incident at the base, which has been used by the US military in operations against Iran. The sources did not describe any response from Iran.