Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, Terrorism Support, New York 2024

United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Acting Attorney General for the United States, Todd Blanche, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Kash Patel, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the FBI, James C. Barnacle, Jr., and Assistant Director in Charge of the Washington Field Office of the FBI, Darren Cox, announced today an eight-count indictment charging MOHAMMAD BAQER SAAD DAWOOD AL-SAADI, a dual Iranian-Iraqi national, with terrorism-related offenses for his activities as an operative of Kata’ib Hizballah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (“IRGC”), two U.S. designated foreign terrorist organizations (“FTOs”), including his involvement in nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks throughout Europe and the United States.

As alleged, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi worked with Iranian-backed terrorist organizations to direct successful attacks that targeted civilians and attempted to target civilians in the United States. “As alleged in this indictment, Al-Saadi has been directly involved in terrorist operations and military decisions to attack U.S. and Israeli interests across the world and conspired with others to plan deadly attacks on American soil,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.

AL-SAADI, a longtime operative of Kata’ib Hizballah and the IRGC, has furthered the terrorist goals of those groups since at least in or about 2017. AL-SAADI allegedly has worked closely with senior leaders of both terrorist organizations and, following U.S. airstrikes killing certain of those terrorist leaders, has directed others to exact retribution by killing U.S. citizens and U.S. political and military leaders. In addition, as alleged, in recent months, AL-SAADI has helped plan and direct approximately 18 attacks and attempted attacks across Europe on behalf of those terrorist organizations (the “European Terrorist Attacks”).

The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon. “The FBI’s successful FTOC of Mohammad Al-Saadi, another high-value target responsible for mass global terrorism, is just the latest success in this administration’s historic work to bring terrorists to justice,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “This was a righteous mission executed brilliantly by our agents, investigators, CIRG tactical units, interagency partners and our allies around the world who delivered yet again.”

According to the allegations contained in the Indictment and other public court filings, AL-SAADI allegedly has worked closely with senior leaders of both terrorist organizations and, following U.S. airstrikes killing certain of those terrorist leaders, has directed others to exact retribution by killing U.S. citizens and U.S. political and military leaders. In addition, as alleged, in recent months, AL-SAADI has helped plan and direct approximately 18 attacks and attempted attacks across Europe on behalf of those terrorist organizations.

Defendant Information:

Defendant Name: Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi

Criminal Charges: Eight-count indictment charging MOHAMMAD BAQER SAAD DAWOOD AL-SAADI, a dual Iranian-Iraqi national, with terrorism-related offenses

City and State: New York

Date: Not specified in the source

Outcome: Currently in custody after being charged with terrorism-related offenses

Terrorism-related offenses is the crime for which Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi was indicted in the Southern District of New York. The indictment charges Al-Saadi with eight terrorism-related offenses for his activities as an operative of Kata’ib Hizballah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (“IRGC”), two U.S. designated foreign terrorist organizations (“FTOs”).

The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon. This is a developing story, and more information will be provided as it becomes available.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/dual-iranian-iraqi-national-indicted-providing-material-support-terrorist