US charges three Iran-linked men over September plot against RAF Fairford base

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The US Justice Department charged three men described as Iranian operatives over an alleged plot to attack Britain's RAF Fairford airbase, which the US military has used in operations against Iran. One suspect, Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, is already in US custody in New York. Prosecutors said Al-Saadi tried to pass coded messages to two other alleged Iran-backed operatives through calls to family members from jail. The charges relate to a September incident at the base, and the other two men named are Mohsen Mohajeri and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani.

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