[Mb-civic] FW: Country Reports on Terrorism 2004 - Iran

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From: Samii Shahla <shahla at thesamiis.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 00:22:10 -0400
Subject: Country Reports on Terrorism 2004 - Iran

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Country Reports on Terrorism 2004 - Iran


April 27, 2005
U.S. Department of State
The Washington File


Iran remained the most active state sponsor of terrorism in 2004. Its
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Ministry of Intelligence and
Security were involved in the planning and support of terrorist acts
and continued to exhort a variety of groups to use terrorism in pursuit
of their goals.

Iran continued to be unwilling to bring to justice senior al-Qa'ida
members it detained in 2003. Iran has refused to identify publicly
these senior members in its custody on "security grounds." Iran has
also resisted numerous calls to transfer custody of its al-Qa'ida
detainees to their countries of origin or third countries for
interrogation and/or trial. Iranian judiciary officials claimed to have
tried and convicted some Iranian supporters of al-Qa'ida during 2004,
but refused to provide details. Iran also continued to fail to control
the activities of some al-Qa'ida members who fled to Iran following the
fall of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

During 2004, Iran maintained a high-profile role in encouraging
anti-Israeli terrorist activity, both rhetorically and operationally.
Supreme Leader Khamenei praised Palestinian terrorist operations, and
Iran provided Lebanese Hizballah and Palestinian terrorist groups --
notably HAMAS, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the al-Aqsa Martyrs
Brigades, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General
Command -- with funding, safe haven, training, and weapons. Iran
provided an unmanned aerial vehicle that Lebanese Hizballah sent into
Israeli airspace on November 7, 2004.

Iran pursued a variety of policies in Iraq during 2004, some of which
appeared to be inconsistent with Iran's stated objectives regarding
stability in Iraq as well as those of the Iraqi Interim Government
(IIG) and the Coalition. Senior IIG officials have publicly expressed
concern over Iranian interference in Iraq, and there were reports that
Iran provided funding, safe transit, and arms to insurgent elements,
including Muqtada al-Sadr's forces.
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