The United States has charged three “Iranian agents” with planning a “terrorist campaign” that includes nearly 20 attacks targeting Jewish communities in Europe and the United States, in addition to the British military base “Royal Air Force Base Fairford.”
The charges against Muhammad Baqir Saad Daoud al-Saadi, who holds dual Iranian and Iraqi citizenship, Mohsen Mohajeri, an Iranian national, and Muhammad Ali al-Hassani, an Iraqi national, were clarified in an alternative indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court, according to the Associated Press.
US Attorney Jimmy MacDonald in New York said in a press statement, “Al-Saadi, who was arrested in the spring, continued to coordinate with the other defendants in the days leading up to the attempt to carry out the terrorist plot on September 27 at the British Royal Air Force base in Fairford, in the United Kingdom, where American bombers and forces were stationed.”
The US Department of Justice announced that Thomas Markle, the father of Meghan, Duchess, wife of British Prince Harry, cut off the electronic monitoring device he was wearing after he was arrested on charges of possessing child pornography, according to what was reported by the Associated Press.
US law enforcement forces arrested Thomas Markle in Florida last Friday for possessing images of child sexual assault.
Last month, Meghan Markle said she was “deeply hurt” by accusations that her father possessed images of sexual assault on children. She added that she had cut off contact between him and her children due to previous accusations that were “worrying and annoying.”
Harry, the second son of King Charles III and brother of Crown Prince William, married Meghan, a former American actress, at Windsor Castle in May 2018.
The couple left Britain and gave up their royal duties in 2020, but unexpectedly returned with their two children to live in the United Kingdom in August.
Representative from the Republican Party in the US Congress, Thomas Massie, presented 8 articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for the purpose of dismissing him, related to the war on Iran and President Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela, as well as other measures taken by the administration in Washington, according to a report by the “Reuters” news agency.
Hegseth denied any wrongdoing, while Trump criticized Massey and pledged to stand by the Defense Secretary.
Below are what the impeachment considers eight “high crimes and misdemeanors” that form the basis of this unusual step led by a representative of the Republican Party against a government official belonging to the same party.
4 charges related to Iran
Three of the accusations relate to the war on Iran. Hegseth is accused of directing, approving, and continuing military operations against Iran beyond a period of 60 days, without a formal declaration of war, nor obtaining authorization from Congress to use military force.
There is a fourth charge also related to Iran, which is that the Minister of Defense ignored laws requiring American forces to reduce civilian casualties to a minimum, in connection with a raid that targeted a girls’ school in Minab, Iran, on February 28, the first day of the war, which resulted in the deaths of dozens of children.
Maduro's ouster in Venezuela
There are two charges related to Venezuela, whose President Nicolas Maduro was overthrown by American forces in January 2026.
Hegseth is accused of directing the kidnapping of the leader of a sovereign foreign state, and of approving deadly extrajudicial raids in the Caribbean and Pacific regions, resulting in the deaths of more than 220 people.
Military operations in Yemen
Hegseth is accused of directing and carrying out raids and illegal military operations in Yemen, specifically Operation Rough Rider, an American and British air and naval campaign.
Freedom of expression
Hegseth is accused of seeking to punish Democratic Senator Mark Kelly from Arizona, despite the laws protecting his right to expression.
Last year, Hegseth sought to prosecute Kelly and strip him of the rank of retired naval captain, after he and five other Democratic lawmakers with military and intelligence experience urged members of the American forces to reject any orders issued to them by their commanders that violated the law.
