DOJ Indicts Three in IRGC and MOIS-Directed Attack Network Targeting Jewish and US Sites Across Europe

Analysis
We hold high confidence, based on a primary DOJ document that places both men outside US custody and the absence of any reported arrests or extradition proceedings. It is very unlikely that Mohsen Mohajeri or Mohammad Ali al-Hassani is arrested, taken into custody or extradited to the US between November 16 and December 31, 2026. Al-Hassani, who allegedly directed a London synagogue attacker by FaceTime, is the key defendant, yet neither man has a publicly identified location or detention in a cooperating state, leaving prosecutors with al-Saadi alone. The superseding indictment widens the May case by adding two co-defendants, the Fairford and New York synagogue plots, and live video direction of attackers. Independent corroboration of the network's wider structure is slimmer than the agreement suggests, because the DOJ release anchors the charges and the other outlets largely relay it or a single ITV investigation. The indictment may serve mainly to build signaling and sanctions pressure on Tehran and Baghdad, not to precede arrests. If neither man is taken, planners should treat the directing layer as still active and keep force protection at UK bases heightened.