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Or sign-in if you have an account.This photo taken from Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi's Snapchat account shows Al-Saadi, right, with Qasem Soleimani, former commander of the Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, according to U.S. officials. Photo by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New YorkU.S. authorities on Friday detailed charges against a commander of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia who was allegedly involved in plotting terrorism against Jewish people in Europe, Canada and the United States.Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. 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If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.The next issue of NP Posted will soon be in your inbox.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try againThe Islamic Republic has in the past been accused of seeking to orchestrate terrorist incidents, and several have occurred since U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran began in late February.According to U.S. court filings, Al-Saadi and unidentified associates planned, coordinated and claimed responsibility for at least 18 terrorist attacks in Europe, and two in Canada.Those attacks “appear to have been carried out both in retaliation for the United States and Israel’s recent military actions against Iran and to compel the United States and Israel to halt those actions,” a criminal complaint states.Examples included the non-fatal stabbing of two Jewish men in London on April 29, as well as several arson attacks on synagogues, Israeli businesses and Jewish schools in Amsterdam, Munich and elsewhere.Al-Saadi’s exact role is unclear, beyond allegations that he posted propaganda videos of the attacks on social media after they happened.In a recorded phone call, Al-Saadi is said to have unwittingly told an FBI informant that he or his associates were involved in the European attacks, as well as two in Canada.Authorities believe those include the March 10 shooting at the U.S. consulate in Toronto, in which no one was injured.Al-Saadi is most recently alleged to have plotted attacks in the United States against a New York synagogue and two Jewish centres in California and Arizona.He allegedly paid an undercover U.S. agent a US$3,000 down payment to conduct the New York attack, before a warrant for his arrest was issued.FBI director Kash Patel said on X that his agency had arrested and returned Al-Saadi to the United States, calling him a “high-value target responsible for mass global terrorism.”Al-Saadi appeared Friday at a Manhattan court where he was charged with six counts including conspiracy to provide material support to terrorist groups Kataeb Hezbollah and the IRGC. Toronto Police officers work around the scene of a shooting at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto, on March 10, 2026. Photo by Cole BURSTON/AFP via Getty ImagesHe is also charged with conspiring and providing material support for acts of terrorism and conspiring to bomb a place of public use.Kataeb Hezbollah is part of a pro-Iranian network in Iraq that regularly claims responsibility for attacks on American targets in the Middle East.The U.S. blamed it for the December 2020 attack against an Iraqi base housing U.S. troops that killed a U.S. citizen contractor.That incident sent tensions soaring, with the United States eventually killing Iran’s most powerful general, Qassem Soleimani, in a drone attack at the Baghdad airport.Kataeb Hezbollah was also responsible for kidnapping American journalist Shelly Kittleson for several days in March 2026, at the height of fighting between Iran, Israel and the United States.Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our newsletters here. 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