Click here<\/a> for the full State Department report of Iran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The terrorist operations of the\nIslamic Republic have never stopped in the past four decades. \u00a0They have caused tragic and catastrophic death of\ninnocent people in the Middle East and all around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the 1979 revolution, Tehran has also used a wide range\nof its terrorist agents and mercenaries to assassinate Iranian dissidents\naround the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Qods \u0674Force (QF), affiliated with the IRGC<\/a> (Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps) is responsible for the export of the mullahs so-called revolution and carrying out Iran\u2019s terror operations abroad. This force is under the command of Ghasem Soleimani, who is currently in terror list of US. Ghasem Soleimani has a hated face in the Middle East because of his massacre of Syrian people, the purge of Sunnis in Iraq, and etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to the QF and the Ministry of Intelligence, to assassinate\nIranian dissidents abroad, Tehran uses foreign terrorist organizations to\nattack foreign targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, Tehran as the godfather of Hezbollah<\/a>, is the main sponsor of Hezbollah\u2019s terror operations especially in Lebanon. Including its devastating strikes such as the 1983 bombings of the U.S. Marine barracks and embass\u062f, which killed more than 300 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nOn June 26, 1996, Iranian-backed terrorists exploded a massive truck bomb outside the Khobar Towers housing US military personnel in Saudi Arabia, killing 90 Americans and one Saudi and wounding almost 400.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Louis Freeh, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, acknowledged\nlater: \u201cTerrorists were\npart of a cell trained by members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Indeed, by supporting Hezbollah, Iran has its hands in the blood of\nmore Americans, than any other international terrorist organization before 9\/11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Iranian-backed groups and its ministry of intelligence and security agents have also regularly attacked dissidents in Europe especially the MEK\/PMOI members<\/a> and the members of the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a> (NCRI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n By a glance at Iran\u2019s\nterror operations in the past four decades, not to mention that these are not all of them for sure,\nwe can conclude terrorism is a\nstatecraft policy of this regime for its survival. But if\nthe world had confronted regime\u2019s terrorism with a firm policy, we would not be\nwitnessing the insecurity of the world by so many act of terror by the mullahs\nregime\u2019s now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To stop further\ndamage, insecurity and loss of innocent people, the international\ncommunity, especially Europe, must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2013 The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the\nMinistry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) of the Iranian regime as a whole, must be designated as\nterrorist entities by the U.S. and the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is a glance at Iran\u2019s terror operations in past four\ndecades against its core opposition MEK\/PMOI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1988, Turkey: <\/strong>Abduction of Mr. Abolhassan Mojtahedzadeh<\/a> (a member of MEK\/PMOI) in Istanbul by Iranian regime\u2019s embassy. They attempted to take Abolhassan to Iran in a convoy of three vehicles with diplomatic licenses. But the Turkish police followed the convoy and stopped it. This incident was published in the media as a diplomatic crisis.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n April 24, 1990:<\/strong>Kazem Rajavi<\/strong> Iran\u2019s first Ambassador to the United Nations headquarters in Geneva following the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the representative of the opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran in Switzerland and the elder brother of Iranian opposition leader Massoud Rajavi<\/a> was assassinated in broad daylight by several agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and National Security of Iran<\/a> as he was driving to his home in Coppet, a village near Geneva.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Swiss magistrates later issued an\ninternational arrest warrant for a former Iranian intelligence minister, Ali Fallahian<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fallahian and 13 Iranian\ndiplomats are wanted on charge of murdering Kazem Rajavi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 15, 1993:<\/strong>Mohammad Hossein Naghdi<\/a>, a member of the NCRI was assassinated in Italy by Iranian intelligence agents.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Naghdi was Iran\u2019s former charge d\u2019affaires at the Iranian embassy in\nRome. However, he joined the Iranian Resistance in 1982 and became a member of\nthe NCRI representative delegation in Italy. From 1983 onward he became the\nNCRI representative in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n February 20, 1996- Istanbul, Turkey:<\/strong> Zahra Rajabi and a PMOI supporter<\/a>, Abdul Ali Moradi were cowardly assassinated by the Iranian regime\u2019s diplomat terrorists.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Ms. Rajabi was shot 5 bullets at\nclose range by the mullah\u2019s\nagents arranged by its embassy upon orders issued by\nRafsanjani and the regime\u2019s minister of intelligence Ali Fallahian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Istanbul\u2019s district\nattorney Salim Oloush commented: \u201cThis is a political assassination and the\nIranian secret services might have killed them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n February. 9, 2013<\/strong>\u2013 Iraq:<\/strong> the heavy rocket attack by militias affiliated with the IRGC\u2019s Quds Force against Camp Liberty<\/a>, the residence of members of Iran\u2019s democratic opposition, the PMOI\/MEK, near Baghdad\u2019s International Airport left 12 dead and more than 170 wounded.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n June 15, 2013- Iraq:<\/strong> Another rocket attack on camp Liberty by Iranian agents<\/a> left 2 dead and many wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n September. 1,\n2013,<\/strong> Right after the dawn the Iraqi mercenaries of \u00a0MOIS along\nwith a former defector of the MEK\/PMOI as their guide attacked the small\nremaining group of <\/a>MEK in Camp Ashraf<\/a>. 52 of them were\nmurdered, actually executioned, with their hands tied at their backs. They\nabducted seven others (six women and one man) and took them to an unidentified\nlocation. Attackers also used explosives to destroy residents\u2019 properties and\nbuildings. The carnage came after a series of attacks at this camp, since Maliki had become Iraq\u2019s\nprime minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Report on the September 1st<\/sup> Massacre at Camp Ashraf (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 26, 2013-\nIraq:<\/strong> The third missile attack was waged on Camp Liberty which left four\ndead, wounding dozens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n October 29, 2015- Iraq:<\/strong> A terrorist rocket attack at the members of the Iranian opposition PMOI (MEK)<\/a>, Camp Liberty<\/a>, Iraq, which left at least 24 residents killed and dozens wounded.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n July 4, 2016- Iraq:<\/strong> Over 50 missiles were fired against Camp Liberty by the\nQuds Force agents. Parts of the camp were completely destroyed. As many as 40\nresidents were injured, and astonishingly no one was killed during this massive\nattack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 2018:<\/strong> the mullahs\nagents intended to launch a mass killing in the gathering of the <\/a>PMOI members while celebrating Nowruz<\/a>\n(the Iranian New Year) in Albania. But Albanian intelligence services thwarted the\nterror operation<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 30, 2018:<\/strong> Authorities in Belgium, France, and Germany arrested several Iranian operatives, including Assadollah Assadi, an Iranian diplomat stationed at the mullahs regime\u2019s Vienna embassy, in connection with a bomb plot to be carried out against the grand gathering of the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a> in Paris in June.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n August\n9, 2018:<\/strong> The US arrested two Intelligence Ministry agents of the mullahs\u2019\nregime, who were spying on and plotting against the PMOI\/ MEK and NCRI members\nin that country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 19, 2018:<\/strong>Albania<\/a> expelled Iran\u2019s ambassador to the country, Gholamhossein Mohammadnia<\/a>, and another Iranian diplomat for \u201cinvolvement in activities that harm the country\u2019s security\u201d and for \u201cviolating their diplomatic status\u201d. The expelled Iranians have plotted terrorist attacks in the country, including targeting MEK\\PMOI to silence dissidents.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n The following is a timeline of Iran\u2019s\nterror operations on five continents in chronological order. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Iran\u2019s terror operations in<\/strong> Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n June\n14-30, 1985<\/strong>: Athens, Greece: Lebanese Hezbollah \u2013 with Iran\u2019s logistical support\n\u2013 hijacked TWA flight 847 and murdered a U.S. Navy diver. <\/p>\n\n\n\n December\n1985-September 1986<\/strong> \u2013 Paris, France: Lebanese Hezbollah bombed a number of soft\ntargets. Iran provided logistical support, and the attack resulted in 12 dead\nand at least 200 wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 13, 1989-Austria: <\/strong>Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party<\/a> of Iran (KDPI) was assassinated in Vienna by Iranian agents (MOIS). He was killed by three bullets fired at very close range. \n<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n August\n6, 1991-Paris: <\/strong>Assassination of Chapour Bakhtiar, latest Iranian prime minister of\nshah along with his secretary, Soroush Katibeh at his residence in the Parisian suburb of Suresnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n September 17, 1992: <\/strong>Iranian-Kurdish<\/a> insurgent leaders Sadegh Sharafkandi<\/a>, Fattah Abdoli, Homayoun\nArdalan and their translator Nouri Dehkordi were assassinated at the Mykonos a Greek\nrestaurant in Berlin, Germany, by Iran\u2019s MOIS. At the Mykonos trial, the court found Kazem Darabi, an Iranian national who\nworked as a grocer in Berlin, guilty of murder and sentenced him to life in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n July\n2012<\/strong> \u2013 <\/strong>Sofia, Bulgaria:<\/strong> An IRGC-QF operative was arrested by Bulgarian\nauthorities for surveilling a synagogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2012<\/strong> \u2013 Turkey:<\/strong>\nFour IRGC-QF operatives entered Turkey to attack Israeli targets; the attack\nwas disrupted by Turkish authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2013<\/strong> \u2013 Bosnia and\nHerzegovina:<\/strong> Two Iranian diplomats were discovered to be Iranian\nintelligence officers and expelled for espionage and connections to terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n May 2015:<\/strong> Cypriot authorities arrested a 26-year-old Lebanese\u00ad Canadian dual national after finding nearly 8.5 tons of ammonium nitrate, an explosive material, in his basement. December 2015, Netherlands<\/a>:<\/strong> Ali Motamed, a 56-year-old electrician, was killed\noutside his home near Amsterdam by Iranian agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2016<\/strong>: German<\/strong> authorities\nconvicted an IRGC-QF operative for spying on the ex-head of a German-Israeli\ngroup and people close to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gennan media reported that the\nPakistani\u2019s espionage activities were part of a larger Iranian operation to\ntarget pro-Israel groups throughout Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n November 9, 2017:\n<\/strong>Ahmad\nMola Nissi, 52, the founder of the Arab Struggle Movement for the\nLiberation of Ahwaz (ASMLA) was shot dead in the Netherlands by Iranian agents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jan 8, 2019:<\/strong> In a\nwritten statement to the Dutch parliament, Stef Blok, the country\u2019s foreign\nminister, said intelligence services had found \u201cstrong indications that Iran<\/a> was involved in the assassinations of two Dutch\nnationals of Iranian origin\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n October\n21, 2018: <\/strong>\u00a0Denmark, an Iranian Ministry of Intelligence officer arrested at\nthe G\u00f6teborg airport in Sweden at the request of the Danish government. He was\nunder prosecution for participating in a terrorist plot against Iranian Arab\ncitizens in Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2018<\/strong> \u2013 Germany:<\/strong>\nGerman authorities searched the homes and offices of 10 suspected IRGC-QF\noperatives in early 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n January\n15, 2019: <\/strong>German police arrested a\n50-year-old Afghan-German man suspected of passing military secrets to Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n October\n2010- Nigeria:<\/strong> Nigerian\nauthorities seized an Iranian shipment of rockets, rocket launchers, grenades,\nand ammunition destined for rebels in the Gambia and Senegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 22, 2012: <\/strong>Nairobi, Kenya: Two IRGC-QF<\/a> operatives were arrested for planning bomb attacks against Western interests<\/a>. Authorities discovered 33 pounds of explosive materials.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n February\n20, 2013- Nigeria:<\/strong> Three Iranian\noperatives were arrested for planning attacks against U.S. and Israeli tourist\nsites and organizations. A terrorist cell leader received weapons training in\nIran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n November 2016- Kenya:<\/strong> Two Iranian operatives and their Kenyan driver, a local embassy employee, were arrested and charged with information collection in connection with a terrorist act after surveilling the Israeli embassy.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n July\n22, 1980- Bethesda, MD, United States:<\/strong> An Iranian\noperative assassinated a former Iranian diplomat-in-exile, Ali Akbar Tabatabai,\na vocal critic of then-Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n September\n2009- Glendora, CA, United States:<\/strong> An Iranian\noperative hired a hitman to assassinate an Iranian-American regime opponent and\nradio personality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n September 29, 2011- Washington, DC, United States:<\/strong> U.S. agents disrupted an assassination plot allegedly directed by the Iranian government targeting Saudi Arabia\u2019s ambassador to Washington, Adel al. Jubeir.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n The FBI\u2019s investigation into the plot discovered that Mansoor Arbabsiar, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, and Gholam Shakuri, an IRGC-QF commander, were planning to kill al-Jubeir with a bomb at a restaurant. They also planned to subsequently bomb both the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington D.C. and were also considering carrying out attacks in Buenos Aires. Arbabsiar was arrested on September 29,2011at JFK International airport, confessing to the plot and receiving a 25-year prison sentence, while Shakuri remains uncaptured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 17, 1992- Buenos Aires, Argentina:<\/strong> Lebanese Hizballah detonated a VBIED outside the Israeli Embassy. Iran provided logistical support. The attack killed 29 people and wounded 252.<\/p>\n\n\n\n July\n18, 1994- Buenos Aires, Argentina:<\/strong> Lebanese\nHizballah detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) outside\nthe Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association. Iran provided logistical support, and\nthe attack resulted in 95 dead and 200 wounded. Argentina accused Tehran in\n2006 of being behind the attacks and indicted several senior Iranian officials,\nincluding Hashemi Rafsanjani and Ahmad Vahidi, as well as Hezbollah\u2019s Imad\nMughniyah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n January18, 2015: <\/strong>Alberto Nisman an Argentinian lawyer was found dead at his home in Buenos Aires. He worked as a federal prosecutor, noted for being the chief investigator of the 1994 car bombing<\/a> of the Jewish center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people, the worst terrorist attack in Argentina\u2019s history.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Nisman formally accused the\ngovernment of Iran of directing the AMIA bombing, and the Hezbollah militia of\ncarrying it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A\nfederal judge in Argentina has indicted former President Cristina Fernandez<\/a>, saying that she had worked behind the scene to whitewash Iran\u2019s\nrole in one of the deadliest terrorist attacks<\/a> \u00a0in American continent before Sept. 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n January\n8, 2015<\/strong>\u2013 Montevideo, Uruguay: A senior Iranian\ndiplomat was expelled for planning an attack near the Israeli Embassy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 1987 -March 1988- Saudi:<\/strong> The Saudi branch of Hezbollah (Hezbollah al-Hejaz) was founded in May 1987, and shortly thereafter, Iran set about recruiting radicalized Shi1tes in Saudi Arabia\u2019s oil-rich and heavily Shi\u2019a Eastern Province to carry out attacks. With the help of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and embedded agents within Saudi petroleum facilities, Hezbollah al\u00ad Hejaz embarked upon a series of high-profile attacks targeting Saudi oil interests between Augusts 1987and March 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In August 1987, Hezbollah al-Hejaz bombed a gas facility in Ras al-Juaymah. In March 1988, the organization bombed a petrochemical plant in Jubail and a refinery in Ras Tanura, while a bomb planted in Ras al-Juaymah failed to detonate. After the attacks, Saudi authorities captured three Hezbollah al\u00ad-Hejaz operative following a standoff in which several policemen were wounded or killed. The operatives were publicly executed in September 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2003-2011I-raq:<\/strong> Following the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, Iran undermined U.S. operations by \u2018\u201cconsistently [supplying] weapons, its own advisors, and Lebanese Hezbollah advisors to multiple residence groups in Iraq, both Sunni and Shia,\u201d which targeted Coalition Forces. For the U.S.,\u201d concern [revolved] around Iran\u2019s role in arming and assisting Shiite militias.\u201d 1n Iraq, \u2018the top killer of U.S. troops were IEDs (improvised explosive devices). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Which were primarily supplied by Iran. In total. Iran s support for Iraqi insurgents led to the death of thousands of U.S. soldiers in Iraq. In 2010, U.S. ambassador to Iraq James Jeffery stated, \u201cUp to a quarter (4,400) of the American casualties and some of the more horrific incidents in which Americans were kidnapped\u2026 can be traced doubt to these Iranian groups.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n May\n16, 2011- Karachi, Pakistan:<\/strong> Iranian\noperatives assassinated Saudi diplomat Hassan al-Qahtani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n February\n13, 2012- New Delhi, India:<\/strong> IRGC-QF directed\na bomb attack targeting Israeli diplomats that injured one Israeli and three\nIndian citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2006 -2014: Afghanistan<\/strong> has been ongoing since at least 2006.\u00a0 According to a RAND report, \u201calthough\nIran has traditionally backed Tajik and Shi\u2019a groups opposed to the Taliban,\nits enmity with the United States and tensions over the nuclear program\u2026led\nit to provide measured support to the Taliban.\u201d According to the Treasury\nDepartment, \u201csince at least 2006, Iran has arranged frequent shipments of\nsmall arms and associated ammunition, rocket propelled grenades, mortar rounds,\n107mm rockets, plastic explosives, and probably man-portable defense systems to\nthe Taliban through \u201cQods force material support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The report states: \u201cwe believe Iran is seeking to inflict casualties on U.S. and NATO forces.\u201d In2010, multiple media sources reported Iran was \u201cpaying Taliban fighters $1,000 for each U.S. soldier they kill in Afghanistan.\u201d over a six-month period in2010, one \u201cTaliban treasurer\u201d claimed to have collected more than $77,000 from ( an Iranian firm in Kabul) as payment for killing Americans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n February\n14, 2012- Bangkok, Thailand: <\/strong>Three IRGC-QF\noperatives planned attacks against Israeli diplomats in Thailand, but the\noperatives were arrested after accidentally detonating explosives. One\noperative and five others were injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n April\n13, 2013- Kathmandu, Nepal:<\/strong> An Iranian traveling on a fake Israeli passport\nwas arrested for conducting surveillance of the Israeli Embassy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 2015- Bahraini:<\/strong> As part of the investigation into the explosives smuggled aboard a passenger bus in March 2015, Bahraini officials discovered a warehouse in the village of Dar Kulaib containing a large The Bahraini investigation alleged that Murtadha Majeed Ramadhan al-Sind a Bahraini fugitive in Iran working with the IRGC, and Qassem Abdullah Al another Bahraini fugitive in Iran, formed a and recruited a terror cell to attack Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. This included providing military training to cell-members, smuggling explosives, and traveling to Iran and Iraq on explosives training, fire-arms usage, and scuba diving to plant explosives offshore. The training in Iraq was carried out by Kata\u2019ib Hezbollah and the IRGC, who also provided the cell with logistical and financial support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n August 2015: Kuwaiti<\/strong> officials foiled a plot by Hezbollah to carry out attacks in the country, planned by 25 of its own nationals and 1Iranian. Authorities seized a huge arms cache they say was smuggled from Iraq and hidden underneath houses close to the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kuwait\u2019s Al\u00ad Abdali area, they discovered a total of 42,000 lbs. Of ammunition, 144 kg of explosives- including C4 explosives- 68 weapons, and 204 grenades. The cell was charged with plotting with Iran and Hezbollah to destabilize Kuwait\u2019s national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kuwait\u2019s Al\u00ad Abdali area, they discovered a total of 42,000 lbs. Of ammunition, 144 kg of explosives- including C4 explosives- 68 weapons, and 204 grenades. The cell was charged with plotting with Iran and Hezbollah to destabilize Kuwait\u2019s national security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n December 2015-Iraq:<\/strong> Shiite militants, Katai\u2019b Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy group in Iraq, kidnapped a party of 29 Qatari falcon-hunters expeditions in the southern Iraqi desert. The Shiite group allegedly transferred the Qataris to Iran, where they were held for over a year, only releasing them in April 2017 in exchange for hundreds of millions of dollars in ransom money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a press conference that month, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi revealed that Iraqi officials had seized bags full of cash belonging to Qatari officials that were intended to be delivered to Kata\u2019ib Hezbollah, estimated at $500 million. Without naming the group,al-Abadi said that the country\u2019s national security would have been severely jeopardized had the money reached its intended recipients. However, later reports claimed that a total of $1billion had already been delivered by the Qataris $700 million going to Iran, and the remainder to Kata\u2019ib Hezbollah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n January 20, 2016- Bahrain:<\/strong> Bahrain caught a terrorist cell backed by the IRGC and Hezbollah which was in the midst of plotting a series of bombings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a report by Bahrain\u2019s\nofficial news agency, one of the suspects had travelled to Lebanon and met\npersonally with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who gave him $20,000 to aid\nthe cell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n February\n2016<\/strong> \u2013 Manila, Philippines:<\/strong> Philippine authorities thwarted an\nIranian plot to hijack a Saudi Arabian civilian aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n July\n2016-Bahrain:<\/strong> Bahraini authorities arrested a five-member terror cell linked to the\nIRGC and Kta\u2019ib Hezbollah. They said the suspects had received extensive\nmilitary training in bomb\u00ad-making and carrying out attacks at both entities\u2019\ntraining camps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Authorities discovered and seized an arms\ncache including explosives, weapons, communications devices, and detonators.\nThey also found daggers, knives, and various currencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n February 26, 2017- Bahrain:<\/strong> A 14 member cell linked to I.ran carried\nout a bomb attack on a bus carrying Bahraini police officers, wounding\nfive.They were arrested the next month by Bahraini authorities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Bahraini officials, six of the arrestees received\nmilitary training in lRGC camps, five in Kata\u2019lb Hezbollah facilities, and\nthree in Bahrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Weapons, locally-made explosives, and communications equipment were\nseized from the homes of the suspects. The cell was also suspected of plotting\nattacks against senior Bahraini officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n June 16, 2017- Saudi: <\/strong>Saudi naval\nforces intercepted three Iranian boats flying red and white flags that entered\nSaudi Arabia\u2019s national waters. Saudi forces noticed the boats speeding towards\nSaudi Arabia\u2019s offshore Marjan oil field\u2019s installations, and began firing\nunheeded warning shots in their direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two of the boats succeeded in fleeing, but the Saudi navy managed to capture one of the boats, carrying three IRGC members and laden with arms intended for subversive activities. Iran has denied any wrongdoing, claiming the boats were actually fishing vessels which drifted off\u00ad course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n December\n27, 2017: <\/strong>The United Arab Emirates\u2019 federal\nappeals court in Abu Dhabi sentenced a 28-year-old Emirati military personnel to 15 years in\nprison for espionage for Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n October 30,<\/strong> 2017<\/strong>:<\/strong> A Bahraini court sentenced 19 men to lengthy jail terms on\ncharges of spying for the Iranian regime and plotting to overthrow Bahrain\u2019s\nlegal government, \u2018The New Arab\u2019 reported quoting judicial sources.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iran\u2019s terror operations in the past four decades Iran remains the world\u2019s leading state-sponsor of terrorism. Iran\u2019s regime uses terrorism as a tool of its state-craft, and it has no reservations about using that tool on any continent. Click here for the full State Department report of Iran. 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According to Cypriot judicial authorities, Hussein Bassam Adallab was a member of Iranian terrorist pro \u2013 Hezbollah.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Iran\u2019s terror operations in<\/strong> Africa<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/3.jpg\")
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Iran\u2019s terror operations in<\/strong> North America<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/saudi-mabassador-in-us.jpg\")
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Iran\u2019s terror operations in<\/strong> South America<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Amia-min.jpg\")
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Iran\u2019s terror operations in<\/strong> Asia<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/saudia.jpg\")
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