{"id":57856,"date":"2018-09-19T18:41:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T18:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/19\/us-names-iran-as-top-terror-sponsor-global-attacks-fall\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:54:34","slug":"us-names-iran-as-top-terror-sponsor-global-attacks-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/09\/19\/us-names-iran-as-top-terror-sponsor-global-attacks-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"US names Iran as top terror sponsor; global attacks fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Iran remains the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terrorism, the Trump administration said Wednesday in an annual report that also highlighted another drop in terrorist attacks worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The State Department\u2019s annual survey of global terrorism accused Iran of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/08\/iran-navy-exercise-was-a-message-to-us-on-sanctions-says-top-us-commander-in-mideast\" target=_blank>intensifying numerous conflicts<\/a> and trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/15\/iran-has-no-intention-to-leave-syria-top-official-says\/\" target=_blank>undermine governments<\/a> throughout the Middle East and beyond. Iran\u2019s \u201cterrorist affiliates and proxies,\u201d the report said, \u201cdemonstrated a near-global terrorist reach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of worldwide terrorist attacks dropped by 23 percent last year compared with 2016, according to the report, a change largely due to gains against the Islamic State group in Iraq. The number also had declined in 2016 over the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report comes as the Trump administration is toughening its stance against Iran. President Donald Trump withdrew from the landmark nuclear accord with Iran earlier this year and has begun to dismantle sanctions relief granted under the 2015 deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/28\/iran-says-it-signed-deal-to-rebuild-syrias-military\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-851238990.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Iran says it signed deal to rebuild Syria\u2019s military<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Iran has signed a deal to rebuild Syria\u2019s armed forces, which have been depleted by more than seven years civil war, Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on Monday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Re-imposing sanctions is one part of a larger effort by the U.S. to cut Iran off from funds used to support proxy forces and support other &#8220;malign activity&#8221; in the region, including terrorism, according to Trump administration officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Iran uses terrorism as a tool of its state craft, it has no reservations about using that tool on any continent,&#8221; Ambassador Nathan Sales, the State Department&#8217;s coordinator for counterterrorism, told journalists Wednesday. He cited Iran-linked fundraising networks in West Africa, weapons caches in South America and operational activity in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report specifically cited the activities of Iranian Gen. 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Deaths due to terrorist attacks also decreased by 27 percent last year. The report said IS alone carried out 23 percent fewer terrorist attacks and caused 53 percent fewer total deaths, compared with 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the drop in attacks, the report described the terrorist landscape as &#8220;more complex&#8221; and said the terrorist threat to the U.S. and allies around the world had &#8220;evolved.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As IS lost territory, the group became &#8220;dispersed and clandestine, turning to the internet to inspire attacks by distant followers,&#8221; which has made the group &#8220;less susceptible to conventional military action,&#8221; the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report stated that IS and groups that pledged allegiance to IS carried out attacks in more than 20 countries worldwide in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also in 2017, al-Qaida quietly expanded its membership and operations, with a global network that includes forces in Syria, the Gulf, North Africa, Somalia and the Indian subcontinent in addition to core forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;They have largely remained out of the headlines in recent years,&#8221; 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