Three Iran-backed operatives charged in plot targeting UK air base hosting US aircraft

WASHINGTON — An Iran-backed operative orchestrated a foiled terror plot targeting US military aircraft in England from an American prison cell — using “coded messages” in phone calls to relatives in Iraq, according to a federal indictment secured Tuesday. Police arrest suspects at gunpoint in Whelford, near RAF Fairford, on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, after...

Three Iran-backed operatives charged in plot targeting UK air base hosting US aircraft
WASHINGTON — An Iran-backed operative orchestrated a foiled terror plot targeting US military aircraft in England from an American prison cell — using “coded messages” in phone calls to relatives in Iraq, according to a federal indictment secured Tuesday. Police arrest suspects at gunpoint in Whelford, near RAF Fairford, on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, after...