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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Larry Neumeister and Eric Tucker

MYSTERIOUS: How raf fairford suspect allegedly used facetime to plan terror plot - What They Never Told You

  • US prosecutors allege an Iran -backed militant helped plot a terror attack on RAF Fairford while imprisoned in the United States using coded phone calls.
  • Mohammad Ali Hassani and Mohsen Mohajeri reportedly received directives via FaceTime to target the airbase, which houses British and American service members.
  • The unsealed indictment links the suspects to Iran-aligned terrorist networks, including Kata’ib Hizballah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps .
  • Following the September security incident at RAF Fairford, six suspects were arrested in the UK , leading the US to temporarily withdraw its bombers.
  • Hassani faces six terror-related charges, which also involve allegedly directing an earlier attack in the UK using a FaceTime call in April.

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