{"id":"n_iwoqb7mj5chgpfdk3rgq","seq":9613384,"kind":"article","title":"Iran-backed militant helped plot attack on UK's Fairford base from US jail, Justice Department says","url":"https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/11/iran-backed-militant-helped-plot-attack-uks-fairford-base-us-jail-justice","summary":"By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, Nov 10 (Reuters) - A member of an Iran-backed militia plotted to attack the RAF Fairford air base in Britain while detained in the US on criminal charges, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday. • Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi attempted to pass coded messages to two other alleged Iran-backed operatives through phone calls to immediate family members from jail in New York, US prosecutors said.","published":"2026-11-10T21:46:31Z","seen":"2026-11-10T21:49:11Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-al-monitor-com-603c5b","name":"al-monitor.com","domain":"al-monitor.com"},"via":"kite-al-monitor-com-603c5b","topics":["middle-east"],"entities":[{"id":"Q794","name":"Iran","type":"place"},{"id":"Q662878","name":"Fairford","type":"place"},{"id":"Q1499","name":"Uttarakhand","type":"place"}],"mentions":2,"story":"st_iwoqb7mj5chgpfdk3rgq","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.5,"category2":"conflict-war","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.82,"political":0.84}