Iranian proxy tied to Toronto attacks on US consulate and synagogues

A U.S. Justice Department complaint alleges Kataib Hezbollah, a proxy of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, used operatives to plan and carry out attacks in Canada, including the March 10 shooting at the U.S. consulate in Toronto and a series of synagogue attacks in March; an official named Mohammad Bagher Saad Dawood al-Saadi told an undercover officer that his group’s people were behind the Canadian incidents, and he was arrested for attacks on U.S. interests in Europe and plots against U.S. Jewish sites. Three Toronto-area synagogues were targeted in March (Temple Emanu-El, BAYT, Shaarei Shomayim); an 18-year-old man was charged May 6 in the latter two cases, while police did not immediately confirm Iranian involvement for the consulate attack. The case underscores alleged Iranian proxies’ activity in North America.