Title: State-Sponsored Terrorism | Encyclopedia.com
Headings: State-Sponsored Terrorism
State-Sponsored Terrorism
State-sponsored Terrorism
International state-sponsored terrorism
Iran
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State terrorism versus government repression
Domestic state terrorism
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The desaparecidos

Content: It has also given financial support to fundamentalist Islamic groups elsewhere in the Muslim world, including parts of Africa, Turkey, central Asia, and the Persian Gulf. Iran has also been the target of terrorism conducted by the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), which receives official support from Iran's long-time enemy, Iraq. ( Iraq and Iran fought a long and bitter war over territory from 1980 to 1988.) MEK was first organized to fight the Shah of Iran: it opposed the Shah's close ties with the United States. At first MEK supported Khomeini, since he also was an enemy of the United States. However, it did not like the extremely religious government Khomeini created in Iran. MEK occasionally attacks Iranian targets from bases in Iraq. Iraq
Iraq invaded its neighbor to the south, Kuwait, in 1990 to acquire its oil reserves. In response the United States put together an international military force to drive out Iraq in what was called the Persian Gulf War (1990–91).