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Don't Lose Sight of Iran's Terrorism Capabilities

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Scott Stewart
VP of Tactical Analysis, Stratfor

Sep 24, 2019 | 09:45 GMT

A street mural in Tehran depicts Iranian soldiers in action.

The U.S. government on April 8, 2019, designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization.

(ROUZBEH FOULADI/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Highlights

  • With all eyes on Iran’s military operations in the Persian Gulf region, it is important not to lose sight of its global terrorism capabilities. 
  • Iran can employ terrorism directly through government operatives, or by working through proxies such as Hezbollah.
  • A recent case in New York provides an interesting look at how Hezbollah trains operatives in terrorist tradecraft and raises questions about how many of its operatives have yet to be identified. 
     

Much attention has been focused on aggressive military actions attributed to Iran in the Persian Gulf region in recent weeks, as well as those of its proxies in other areas of the Middle East. An indictment and a criminal complaint unsealed Sept. 19 in New York, however, serve as a reminder of the asymmetric capabilities Iran and its proxies can tap into to respond to its adversaries, including terrorist tactics....

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