{"id":720,"date":"2026-06-01T21:45:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=720"},"modified":"2026-06-01T21:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:45:27","slug":"we-are-in-a-war-alleged-iran-backed-militant-exclaims-in-us-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=720","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We are in a war,&#8217; alleged Iran-backed militant exclaims in US court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>NEW YORK, June 1 (Reuters) &#8211; An alleged member of an Iran-backed militia pleaded not guilty on Monday to U.S. criminal charges he was involved in multiple attacks against American interests in Europe, proclaiming in a courtroom outburst, &#8220;I am not \u200ba criminal.&#8221;<\/div><div>Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi spoke in Manhattan federal court after \u200bhis lawyer, Andrew Dalack, entered a not guilty plea on his behalf to \u2060eight counts including conspiracy to provide material support to Kata&#8217;ib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia \u200bthe U.S. considers a terrorist organization.<\/div><div>&#8220;I am not guilty and we are in a war situation,&#8221; \u200bAl-Saadi said through an Arabic interpreter.<\/div><div>&#8220;Children are being killed by your rockets,&#8221; Al-Saadi added, gesturing in front of him toward where U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon and prosecutors with the Manhattan U.S. Attorney&#8217;s office were \u200bseated.<\/div><div>Al-Saadi did not say if he was referring to a specific incident.<\/div><div>A February 28 strike \u200bat a girls&#8217; school in Iran killed more than 175 children and teachers, Iranian officials say.<\/div><div>Reuters has reported \u200cthat an \u2060initial, internal U.S. military investigation showed U.S. forces were likely responsible, citing two U.S. officials.<\/div><div>The Pentagon has not acknowledged any preliminary findings. A Pentagon spokesperson said on Monday the investigation was still ongoing.<\/div><div>Al-Saadi wore a beige prison outfit and was shackled at his feet at Monday&#8217;s hearing.<\/div><div>As he \u200bspoke, McMahon raised her \u200bvoice and ordered \u2060he be seated. Two U.S. marshals who had been sitting behind Al-Saadi approached the defense table, and he sat down as they arrived.<\/div><div>Al-Saadi \u200bwas taken into U.S. custody in Turkey last month, amid heightened \u200bU.S. scrutiny \u2060of Iran-backed militias accused of targeting American personnel and allies across multiple regions since the U.S. and Israel went to war against Iran.<\/div><div>U.S. prosecutors say Kata&#8217;ib Hezbollah is directed by Iran&#8217;s Islamic \u2060Revolutionary Guard Corps.<\/div><div>They \u200bsaid Al-Saadi helped plan approximately 18 attacks in Europe \u200bin recent months, not all of which occurred, and in March and April plotted attacks in the United States, \u200bincluding against a New York synagogue.<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Luc Cohen\" class=\"wp-image-312\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/336af75940bb07f369748d333fd96fa1.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Luc Cohen<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=718\">Mexico\u2019s Sheinbaum escalates rhetoric against U.S., blames far-right \u2018offensive\u2019<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=716\">US court blocks Pentagon from removing transgender troops, for now<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=713\">Trump\u2019s \u2018weaponization\u2019 fund is on hold, sources say<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An alleged member of an Iran-backed militia pleaded not guilty on Monday to U.S. criminal charges he was involved in multiple attacks against American interests in Europe, proclaiming in a courtroom outburst, &#8220;I am not \u200ba criminal.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-litigation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;We are in a war,&#039; 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