He “directed and urged others to attack US and Israeli interests”, in retaliation for the Iran war and to “further the terrorist goals of Kata’ib Hizballah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps”, the justice department said in court papers.
The charges allege he has been involved in “the planning, execution and promotion” of some 18 reported terror attacks in Europe and two in Canada against US and Israeli interests since 9 March.
In the first incident, there was an attack on a synagogue in Liège, Belgium, using explosives, the complaint states.
Four days later, on 13 March, there was an arson attack at a synagogue in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The following day, there was one using explosives at a Jewish school in Amsterdam, then another at the Bank of New York Mellon in the same city on 15 March.
The series of attacks continued through March and April in a number of cities throughout Europe, including London, Antwerp, Paris and Munich.
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