Abstract
The United States and Iran have had long-standing disagreements on a variety of issues including terrorism and Iran’s nuclear aspirations. The next two chapters take up these subjects in turn. Iran has consistently been listed as a state sponsor of terrorism by the U.S. Department of State since 1986. The U.S. justification for this label has traditionally been based on Iranian support for Hezbollah, the militant arm of Hamas and al Qaeda, which the United States has declared to be terrorist groups. Since the beginning of the 2003 war in Iraq, the United States has also accused Iran of providing support for the Iraqi insurgency movement. Table 5-1 compares the Iranian view of the groups to which it provides support with the American perspective.
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Cook, A.H., Roshandel, J. (2009). Iran: State Sponsor of Terror?. In: The United States and Iran. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230623286_5
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