Federal prosecutors have charged a senior Iraqi militia figure accused of helping coordinate terror plots targeting Jewish and American sites across the United States, Canada, and Europe, including an alleged plan to attack a synagogue in New York City.

According to newly unsealed court documents, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al Saadi allegedly encouraged and directed attacks tied to Iran backed terror networks following the recent escalation involving Iran, Israel, and the United States.

Authorities say Al Saadi is a high ranking commander within Kataib Hezbollah, the powerful Iraqi militia linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and long accused of carrying out attacks against American forces throughout the Middle East.

Investigators allege the suspect discussed possible operations against synagogues and Jewish centers in New York, Los Angeles, and Scottsdale, Arizona. Prosecutors claim he shared maps and photographs of Jewish institutions with an undercover operative and even offered funding support for a planned attack on a New York synagogue.

The criminal complaint also accuses Al Saadi of helping coordinate a string of violent incidents overseas in recent months. Those alleged attacks include firebombings, attempted bombings, shootings, and assaults targeting Jewish individuals and American linked sites in cities including Amsterdam, Paris, London, and Toronto.

Federal officials reportedly view the case as one of the most alarming Iran linked terror plots uncovered on American soil in years, amid growing fears that Iranian proxy groups could expand operations beyond the Middle East.

Al Saadi now faces multiple terrorism related charges, including conspiracy to provide material support to terrorism and conspiracy to bomb public locations.

Court filings also claim the suspect maintained ties to former Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani before Soleimani was killed in a United States drone strike in Baghdad in 2020.

During his first court appearance, Al Saadi reportedly called himself a “political prisoner” and a “prisoner of war.” Reports indicate he was detained in Türkiye before being transferred into American custody.

Neither the Iraqi government nor Kataib Hezbollah immediately responded publicly to the accusations.

The case comes as security agencies across the West remain on heightened alert over possible retaliatory attacks targeting Jewish communities and American interests worldwide.