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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
Where are these characters now? Are they detained? England had two of them but I am unclear what happened after?

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In the Southern District of New York, al-Saadi was in jail awaiting trial on pending terrorism charges and tried to correspond with al-Hassani and Mohajeri by passing coded messages through third parties. Al-Hassani and Mohajeri were both in Iran at the time of the attempted RAF Fairford scheme, so they relied on a network of contacts in the U.K., per the statement.
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The indictment alleges that al-Hassani and Mohajeri, an operative of the IRGC, worked with al-Saadi to facilitate and complete many of the European terrorist attacks. Al-Hassani used his contacts and criminal associates to carry out attacks in the U.K., prosecutors allege.

Al-Saadi was arrested abroad in early May and transferred to U.S. custody for prosecution, staying in federal custody since his arrival in the U.S. For four months following his arrest, there were no additional attacks attributed to the three men.

In late September, al-Hassani supposedly told individuals to drive three vans, some with barrels of fuel inside, to RAF Fairford, but at least two encountered a security roadblock and were not able to continue to the base. U.K. law enforcement authorities later recovered three white vans and arrested the individuals.

While in jail, al-Saadi allegedly used phone calls with his family in Iraq to pass coded messages to al-Hassani and Mohajeri in the days leading up to the RAF Fairford plot. Three days before the attempted plot, al-Saadi spoke with his family on the phone and inquired about how al-Hassani was doing, telling them to give him money so “we can do it.”