The U.S. charged three individuals in connection with alleged Iranian-linked terror plots, including a September scheme against a British Royal Air Force base, according to an Axios report. The outlet said the base "housed U.S. military personnel and aircraft," and that the charges were made in an indictment unsealed Tuesday.
The Axios summary states that the indictment alleges a leader of an Islamic terrorist group tried to coordinate with fellow defendants while in jail. The summary is cut off before describing how that coordination was carried out, so the method is not reported here.
U.S. Attorney Jamie McDonald said that one of the suspects, who was arrested in the spring, continued to coordinate with co-defendants in the days leading up to the attempted September terrorist plot, according to an PBS NewsHour report written by Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press.
The two reports differ somewhat in emphasis. Axios's headline places the alleged plotting in the United States and Europe, while the PBS NewsHour headline describes a planned assault on a UK airbase. Axios describes the defendants as three individuals, and the PBS NewsHour headline refers to three men.
The summaries of the reports reviewed do not identify the defendants by name or specify the court handling the case.
Sources: Axios: 3 charged with plotting terror attacks in U.S., Europe; PBS NewsHour: U.S. charges 3 men with plotting terror attacks, including planned assault on UK airbase.