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Section 107
True, most of their activity centers in the mid-east and Africa, but Iran is quite active in the West, particularly in Latin America, and is far from one of the planet's leading model citizens:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_a...ored_terrorism
They might not be SMERSH or CHAOS, but they are darn close. and you are mixing apples and oranges when you talk about state sponsored activity and the activities of radical individuals.
Neither Iran nor the USA or just about anywhere else is guiltless with respect to political violence. The point is not that Iran is squeaky clean, the point is that Iran is being included but countries like Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, for which a case can be made are far worse, are getting a free pass. So the standard for being included on the list is not the risk involved (which is trivial in any event, as most people such as myself who have visited countries on the list have no ties to terrorism) but rather Congress' own biases.