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Is Iran involved in Terrorism?

It is commonly asserted that Iran is a "leading sponsor of terrorism." I am attempting to collect the specifics of the claims made on this.

Terrorist Attack Claim of involvement made by

June 1996 bombing of Al-Khobar barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. 19 US. Soldiers Note: killing of soldiers is not technically terrorism, but this bombing is widely considered a terrorist attack. Kenneth R. Timmerman, "Iran's 'Moderates' Are No Reformers", The Brown Journal of World Affairs, IX:2, Winter/Spring 2003, p. 201 No specifics given. No sources given.

July 1994 car-bombing of the AMIA Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 86 dead, 300 wounded. Kenneth R. Timmerman, "Iran's 'Moderates' Are No Reformers", The Brown Journal of World Affairs, IX:2, Winter/Spring 2003, p. 201. No specifics given. No sources given.

Terrorist Attack	Claim of involvement made by
June 1996 bombing of Al-Khobar barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. 19 US. Soldiers Note: killing of soldiers is not technically terrorism, but this bombing is widely considered a terrorist attack.	Kenneth R. Timmerman, "Iran's 'Moderates' Are No Reformers", The Brown Journal of World Affairs, IX:2, Winter/Spring 2003, p. 201 No specifics given. No sources given.
July 1994 car-bombing of the AMIA Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 86 dead, 300 wounded.	Kenneth R. Timmerman, "Iran's 'Moderates' Are No Reformers", The Brown Journal of World Affairs, IX:2, Winter/Spring 2003, p. 201. No specifics given. No sources given.