Title: State-Sponsored Terrorism | Encyclopedia.com
Headings: State-Sponsored Terrorism
State-Sponsored Terrorism
State-sponsored Terrorism
International state-sponsored terrorism
Iran
Words to Know
Coup d'etat:
Junta:
Secret police:
Socialism:
Totalitarian:
Iraq
Libya
Syria
Sudan
North Korea
Cuba
The Cold War
The Contras
State terrorism versus government repression
Domestic state terrorism
Operation Condor
The desaparecidos

Content: he allowed mobs to seize the U.S. embassy and hold about seventy employees hostage for more than four hundred days, from the end of 1979 until the beginning of 1981. Khomeini and the leaders who came after him also wanted to set up fundamentalist Islamic governments in other Muslim countries. To do this, Iran began supporting and funding various organizations in other countries, many of which used terrorist tactics. Words to Know
Coup d'etat: a French expression meaning the sudden, violent overthrow of a government, usually carried out by a country's armed forces. Junta: a small group of military officers who take control of a country's government. Secret police: a group of police that operates undercover and often has more powers than the regular police. Socialism: