DOJ Arrests IRGC-Backed Terror Commander

American Faith Staff : May 19, 2026
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[AmericanFaith.com] Federal prosecutors on Monday announced the arrest of a senior commander of Kata'ib Hizballah, an Iranian [regime]-backed terrorist organization, charging him with six terrorism-related counts for his role in directing nearly 20 attacks across Europe, the United States, and Canada. Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, 32, an Iraqi national, was transferred into US custody overseas and appeared before US Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn in Manhattan federal court, where he was ordered held pending trial, the Justice Department said. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Al-Saadi "directed and urged others to attack US and Israeli interests and to kill Americans and Jews in the US and abroad." Blanche called the charges evidence that American law enforcement "will never let such evil go unchecked."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Screengrab image: via Justice.gov)