The FBI has arrested a suspect linked to Iran that authorities said planned terror attacks on Jewish sites in the U.S. NBC News’ Tom Winter reports.

Former DHS advisor Charles Marino discusses terror threats facing the United States, including an alleged Iran-backed plot targeting Jewish institutions, on ‘Fox Report.’

US authorities on Friday detailed charges against a commander of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia who was allegedly involved in plotting terrorism against Jewish people in Europe, Canada and the United States.

A Jewish institution in Los Angeles was among the locations targeted in a recently foiled terrorism plot, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton announced this week. The thwarted terrorist attacks were the result of the recent arrest of Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi,

Authorities detailed charges against a commander of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia who was allegedly involved in plotting terrorism against Jewish people.

Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi is accused in nearly 20 attacks, including one planned on a synagogue in New York City.

A commander of an Iraqi militia has been charged with plotting to attack Jewish sites in the United States, including a synagogue in New York, and carrying out attacks in Europe as part of a broader campaign of retaliation by Iran since the war began in February.

Iraqi national Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi faces federal terrorism charges for allegedly plotting simultaneous attacks on U.S. synagogues using crypto payments.