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Source: https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/286410.pdf
Outlaw Regime: A Chronicle of Iran's Destructive Activities
(U.S. State Department) Iran Action Group - The Islamic Republic of Iran is not a normal state. Normal states do not: attack embassies and military installations in peacetime; fuel terrorist proxies and militias; serve as a sanctuary for terrorists; call for the destruction of Israel and threaten other countries; aid brutal dictators such as Syria's Bashar al-Assad; proliferate missile technology to dangerous proxies; conduct covert assassinations in other countries; and hold hostage citizens of foreign nations. Normal states do not support terrorism within their armed forces, as Iran has done with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its Qods Force. Normal states do not violently suppress legitimate protests, jail their own citizens or those of other countries on specious crimes, engage in torture, and impose severe restrictions on basic freedoms. Today, the United States is publishing a full record of the Islamic Republic's hostile behavior abroad and its repression at home beyond the continued threat of its nuclear program.