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U.S. Islamist Terrorism Case Tracker
Federal criminal cases announced by the U.S. Department of Justice since January 1, 2023 that involve material support to, or acts on behalf of or inspired by, ISIS, al-Qaeda and its affiliates, Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Houthis, al-Shabaab, the Taliban, and plots directed by Iran's IRGC or MOIS. Each case shows its status as the latest record states it, with a link to every source.
110 cases · 166 defendants · DOJ releases through October 13, 2026
Defendants by Status
- Charged 84
- Pleaded guilty 18
- Convicted at trial 6
- Sentenced 58
Source: U.S. Department of Justice press releases, justice.gov/news; MEF compilation.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice press releases, justice.gov/news; MEF compilation.
All Cases
110 of 110 cases shown
| Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud | District of Minnesota | ISIS | Charged | October 7, 2026 |
| Abdel Adhami; Omar Adhami; Raed Yousef; Saleem Alzaq | Eastern District of Louisiana | Hamas | Charged | October 2, 2026 |
| Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy | Eastern District of Washington | Houthis (Ansarallah) | Charged | October 1, 2026 |
| Ahmad Khalil Elshazly | District of Connecticut | ISIS | Sentenced | September 28, 2026 |
| Davud Ansariy | Eastern District of New York | ISIS | Charged | September 24, 2026 |
| Jonathan Hunter Kramer | Western District of Pennsylvania | ISIS | Charged | September 15, 2026 |
| Jessica Bowie | Northern District of New York | ISIS | Charged | August 20, 2026 |
| Mohammad Yousef Hasna | Southern District of New York | Hamas | Charged | July 31, 2026 |
| Catherine Beth Washburn | Western District of New York | Palestinian Islamic Jihad | Charged | June 30, 2026 |
| Reda Mazen Rida Sabassi | Southern District of New York | Hamas | Charged | June 17, 2026 |
| Mohamed Sagha | District of New Jersey | ISIS | Charged | June 8, 2026 |
| Bereen Dzayee; Bisaam Ghafoor; Elias Shamsaldeen | District of Kansas | ISIS | Charged | June 5, 2026 |
| Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi | Southern District of New York | Hezbollah, Houthis (Ansarallah), Iran: IRGC | Charged | May 15, 2026 |
| Khalid Ouazzani; Salah Osman Ahmed | Not stated | al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab | Charged | May 8, 2026 |
| Regan Darby Prater | Eastern District of Tennessee | Hezbollah | Pleaded guilty | April 13, 2026 |
| Antoine Kassis | Eastern District of Virginia | Hamas | Sentenced | March 23, 2026 |
| Emir Balat; Ibrahim Kayumi | Southern District of New York | ISIS | Charged | March 9, 2026 |
| Asif Merchant (also known as “Asif Raza Merchant”) | Eastern District of New York | Iran: IRGC | Convicted at trial | March 6, 2026 |
| Christian Sturdivant | Western District of North Carolina | ISIS | Charged | January 2, 2026 |
| John Michael Garza, Jr. | Northern District of Texas | ISIS | Charged | December 29, 2025 |
| Ayob Nasser; Majed Mahmoud; Mohmed Ali | Eastern District of Michigan | ISIS | Charged | November 5, 2025 |
| Saed Ali Mirreh; Tomas-Kaan Jimenez-Guzel; Milo Sedarat | District of New Jersey | ISIS | Pleaded guilty | November 5, 2025 |
| multiple suspects | Eastern District of Michigan | ISIS | Charged | November 3, 2025 |
| Abdullah At Taqi; Mohammad David Hashimi; Seema Rahman | Eastern District of New York | ISIS | Convicted at trial; Pleaded guilty | October 24, 2025 |
| Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi | Western District of Louisiana | Hamas | Charged | October 17, 2025 |
| Islam Doci | Middle District of Florida | ISIS | Sentenced | September 25, 2025 |
| Awais Chudhary | Eastern District of New York | ISIS | Sentenced | September 23, 2025 |
| Casey Robert Goonan | Northern District of California | Hamas | Sentenced | September 23, 2025 |
| Ala Aldeen Alshaikh | District of South Carolina | ISIS | Charged | September 16, 2025 |
| Landon Kyle Swinford | Western District of Oklahoma | ISIS | Sentenced | August 15, 2025 |
| Mark Lorenzo Villanueva | Central District of California | ISIS | Pleaded guilty | August 1, 2025 |
| Ashraf Al Safoo | Northern District of Illinois | ISIS | Sentenced | June 27, 2025 |
| Ammaad Akhtar | Eastern District of California | ISIS | Charged | June 24, 2025 |
| Ali Farhat | Eastern District of Virginia | Hezbollah | Charged | June 5, 2025 |
| Aws Mohammed Naser | Eastern District of Michigan | ISIS | Sentenced | June 3, 2025 |
| Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said | Eastern District of Michigan | ISIS | Charged | May 14, 2025 |
| Haji Najibullah | Southern District of New York | Taliban | Sentenced | April 25, 2025 |
| Omer Kuzu | Northern District of Texas | ISIS | Pleaded guilty | April 23, 2025 |
| Rasheedul Mowla | Eastern District of New York | ISIS | Pleaded guilty | April 17, 2025 |
| Sinmyah Amera Ceasar | Eastern District of New York | ISIS | Sentenced | April 9, 2025 |
| Hossein Akbari; Rah Roshd Company; Reza Amidi | Eastern District of New York | Iran: IRGC | Charged | April 1, 2025 |
| Gafur Abdudzhamilovich Aliev | District of New Jersey | ISIS | Charged | March 28, 2025 |
| Abdulrahman Mohammed Hafedh Alqaysi | Southern District of Texas | ISIS | Sentenced | March 7, 2025 |
| Kyse S. Abushanab | District of New Jersey | ISIS | Pleaded guilty | March 5, 2025 |
| Mohammad Sharifullah | Eastern District of Virginia | ISIS | Sentenced | March 5, 2025 |
| Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan | District of Minnesota | ISIS, al-Shabaab | Sentenced | February 28, 2025 |
| Mansuri Manuchekhri | Eastern District of New York | ISIS | Charged | February 26, 2025 |
| Hardy Lee Browner | Northern District of Illinois | ISIS | Sentenced | February 7, 2025 |
| Minh Quang Pham | Southern District of New York | al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula | Sentenced | February 4, 2025 |
| Mohammad Reza Nouri | Southern District of New York | Iran: IRGC | Charged | December 20, 2024 |
| Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi; Mohammad Abedininajafabadi, A/K/A Mohammad Abedini | District of Massachusetts | Iran: IRGC | Charged; Convicted at trial | December 16, 2024 |
| Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa | Eastern District of Virginia | ISIS | Sentenced | December 16, 2024 |
| Haji Abdul Satar Abdul Manaf | Southern District of New York | Taliban | Sentenced | December 13, 2024 |
| Lirim Sylejmani | District of Columbia | ISIS | Sentenced | December 12, 2024 |
| Jack Danaher Molloy | Western District of Pennsylvania | Hezbollah | Charged | December 9, 2024 |
| Erald Alimehmeti | Southern District of New York | ISIS, al-Qaeda | Charged | November 22, 2024 |
| Mahmoud Al Hafyan | District of Columbia | al-Qaeda | Charged | November 19, 2024 |
| Anas Said | Southern District of Texas | ISIS | Pleaded guilty | November 14, 2024 |
| Carlisle Rivera; Farhad Shakeri; Jonathan Loadholt | Southern District of New York | Iran: IRGC | Charged; Sentenced | November 7, 2024 |
| Syed Aman | Eastern District of New York | ISIS | Charged | November 6, 2024 |
| Cholo Abdi Abdullah | Southern District of New York | al-Qaeda, al-Shabaab | Sentenced | November 4, 2024 |
| Hossein Sedighi; Khalid Mehdiyev; Polad Omarov; Rafat Amirov; Ruhollah Bazghandi; Seyed Mohammad Forouzan; Zialat Mamedov; Fnu LNU, a/k/a 'Haj Taher' | Southern District of New York | Iran: IRGC | Charged; Sentenced | October 22, 2024 |
| Michael Sam Teekaye, Jr. | District of Maryland | ISIS | Sentenced | October 16, 2024 |
| Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi; Abdullah Haji Zada | Western District of Oklahoma | ISIS | Pleaded guilty; Sentenced | October 8, 2024 |
| Jonathan Xie | District of New Jersey | Hamas | Sentenced | September 30, 2024 |
| Masoud Jalili; Seyyed Ali Aghamiri; Yaser Balaghi | District of Columbia | Iran: IRGC | Charged | September 27, 2024 |
| Muhammad Shahzeb Khan | Southern District of New York | ISIS | Pleaded guilty | September 6, 2024 |
| Ali Baraka; Ismail Haniyeh; Khaled Meshaal; Marwan Issa; Mohammad Al-Masri; Yahya Sinwar | Southern District of New York | Hamas | Charged | September 3, 2024 |
| Abdi Yemeni Hussein; Ahmed Mahad Mohamed | District of Arizona | ISIS | Sentenced | August 7, 2024 |
| Hadi Matar | Western District of New York | Hezbollah | Convicted at trial | July 24, 2024 |
| Abdelhamid Al-Madioum | District of Minnesota | ISIS | Sentenced | June 13, 2024 |
| Mirsad Hariz Adem Ramic | Western District of Kentucky | ISIS | Convicted at trial | June 12, 2024 |
| Jibreel Pratt | Eastern District of Michigan | ISIS | Sentenced | May 28, 2024 |
| Alexander Scott Mercurio | District of Idaho | ISIS | Pleaded guilty | April 8, 2024 |
| Ghufran Ullah; Izhar Muhammad; Mohammad Mazhar; Muhammad Pahlawan; Shahab Mir’kazei; Yunus Mir’kazei | Eastern District of Virginia | Houthis (Ansarallah), Iran: IRGC | Charged; Sentenced | February 22, 2024 |
| Harafa Hussein Abdi | Southern District of New York | ISIS | Charged | February 16, 2024 |
| Shihab Ahmed Shihab Shihab | Southern District of Ohio | ISIS | Sentenced | February 12, 2024 |
| Warren Christopher Clark | Southern District of Texas | ISIS | Sentenced | February 8, 2024 |
| Jill Marie Jones | District of Arizona | al-Qaeda | Sentenced | February 7, 2024 |
| Bahaddin Ayan; Behnam Shahriyari; Kasim Oztas; Mohammad Sadegh Karimian; Mohammadreza Aliakbari; Morteza Rostam Ghasemi; Sitki Ayan | Southern District of New York | Iran: IRGC | Charged | February 2, 2024 |
| Murat Kurashev | Eastern District of California | Hayat Tahrir al-Sham | Sentenced | January 8, 2024 |
| Karrem Nasr | Southern District of New York | al-Shabaab | Pleaded guilty | December 29, 2023 |
| Samuel Salman El Reda | Southern District of New York | Hezbollah | Charged | December 20, 2023 |
| Humzah Mashkoor | District of Colorado | ISIS | Sentenced | December 19, 2023 |
| Mahde Dannon; Moyad Dannon | Southern District of Indiana | ISIS | Sentenced | December 13, 2023 |
| Jason Brown | Northern District of Illinois | ISIS | Sentenced | December 6, 2023 |
| Benjamin Carpenter | Eastern District of Tennessee | ISIS | Sentenced | October 20, 2023 |
| Muhammad Masood | District of Minnesota | ISIS | Sentenced | August 25, 2023 |
| Davin Daniel Meyer | District of Colorado | ISIS | Charged | July 17, 2023 |
| Mirsad Kandic | Eastern District of New York | ISIS | Sentenced | July 14, 2023 |
| Kaan Sercan Damlarkaya | Southern District of Texas | ISIS | Sentenced | June 29, 2023 |
| Cole Bridges, aka Cole Gonzales | Southern District of New York | ISIS | Sentenced | June 14, 2023 |
| Hawazen Sameer Mothafar | District of Oregon | ISIS | Pleaded guilty | June 13, 2023 |
| Mateo Ventura | District of Massachusetts | ISIS | Sentenced | June 8, 2023 |
| Imad Eddin Wadi | Western District of Texas | al-Qaeda | Convicted at trial | May 26, 2023 |
| Alexei Saab | Southern District of New York | Hezbollah | Sentenced | May 23, 2023 |
| Ali Said Mossalem; Firas Michael Ahmad; Hind Nazem Ahmad; Mohamad Hassan Ismail; Mohamad Hijazi; Nazem Ahmad; Rami Yaacoub Baker; Sarya Nemat Martin; Sundar Nagarajan | Eastern District of New York | Hezbollah | Charged | April 18, 2023 |
| Xavier Pelkey | District of Maine | ISIS | Sentenced | April 7, 2023 |
| Emraan Ali | Southern District of Florida | ISIS | Sentenced | March 31, 2023 |
| Sayfullo Saipov | Southern District of New York | ISIS | Sentenced | March 13, 2023 |
| Mohammad Bazzi; Talal Chahine | Eastern District of New York | Hezbollah | Charged; Pleaded guilty | February 24, 2023 |
| Muhammed Momtaz Al-Azhari | Middle District of Florida | ISIS | Sentenced | February 24, 2023 |
| Kambiz Attar Kashani | Eastern District of New York | Hezbollah, Iran: IRGC | Sentenced | February 9, 2023 |
| Ruslan Maratovich Asainov | Eastern District of New York | ISIS | Sentenced | February 7, 2023 |
| Arwa Muthana; James Bradley, aka Abdullah | Southern District of New York | ISIS | Sentenced | February 3, 2023 |
| Naser Almadaoji | Southern District of Ohio | ISIS | Sentenced | February 1, 2023 |
| Ibraheem Izzy Musaibli | Eastern District of Michigan | ISIS | Sentenced | January 30, 2023 |
| Moad Mohamed Benkabbou | Middle District of Florida | ISIS | Sentenced | January 20, 2023 |
| Kevin Iman McCormick | District of Connecticut | ISIS | Sentenced | January 12, 2023 |
| Trevor Thomas Bickford | Southern District of New York | al-Qaeda, Taliban | Pleaded guilty | January 10, 2023 |
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