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IRAN

Friday, 3 June 2016

NUMBER ONE STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM

Iran is the main state sponsor of terrorism, according to the US State Department's annual survey of worldwide terrorism.

The Islamic republic "remained the foremost state sponsor of terrorism in 2015, providing a range of support, including financial, training, and equipment, to groups around the world," the report said.

It went on to highlight the group's support for Lebanon's Hezbollah, Palestinian groups such as Hamas and the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Despite reaching an agreement on its nuclear programme and the partial end of sanctions in 2015, the report says Iran has continued to use the Quds Force of its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to implement its foreign policy goals.