Overview
- Federal prosecutors in Manhattan unsealed a criminal complaint that identifies Harakat Ashab al‑Yamin al‑Islamiya as a front for Kata'ib Hezbollah tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah.
- The complaint names Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al‑Saadi as an alleged Kata'ib Hezbollah commander who helped plan nearly 20 attacks targeting U.S. and Israeli interests across Europe.
- Prosecutors say the plots extended to the United States, citing plans against a New York synagogue and Jewish institutions in Los Angeles and Scottsdale, Arizona.
- In London, filings list HAYI claims for the arson of four Hatzola ambulances and other fires in Golders Green, while a separate local case charges a suspect in an April stabbing reported as part of the same pattern.
- The filing describes how HAYI adopted a logo that resembled Hezbollah’s and broadcast its founding message on Iran‑linked media to look independent while quickly activating cells using existing propaganda networks.