Indictment sheds light on alleged Iran-backed plots across U.S. and Europe – PBS

Indictment sheds light on alleged Iran-backed plots across U.S. and Europe  PBS

Iran's top national security official warned that it would strike American bases beyond the Gulf, including in Europe, if the United States resumes air strikes against the Islamic Republic. The warning comes one day after indictments in New York against three men who allegedly conspired to attack U.S. Air Force planes at a base in England. Nick Schifrin reports. Amna Nawaz: Iran's top national security official today warned the U.S. that it would strike American bases beyond the Gulf, including in Europe, if the United States resumes airstrikes. Geoff Bennett: The warning comes a day after three men were indicted in New York for allegedly plotting to attack U.S.

Air Force planes at a base in England. One of the suspects with deep ties to Iran allegedly directed the plot from a federal detention center in New York. The threat prompted the U.S. to relocate bombers from the British base back in September. Nick Schifrin has more. Nick Schifrin: The attack was livestreamed and set to propaganda music, a man throwing a Molotov cocktail at a media company critical of the Iranian regime, as, 1,500 miles away, one of the organizers watched and recorded. It was one of multiple terrorist attacks across Europe in March and April, including the stabbing of two Jewish Londoners and another arson attack on a