Iran is generally recognized as the world’s number one state sponsor of Islamist terrorism and has been since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 that transformed that country into a brutal theocracy. Iran has supplied weapons, ammunition, training, and technical and logistical support for terror groups all over the Middle East.
In another example of this, a report released Tuesday indicates that Iran has been smuggling weapons to anti-Israel elements in the West Bank for at least two years.
According to the report, citing three unnamed officials each from Iran, Israel and the United States, much of the contraband travels along one of two routes that pass through Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. The operation hinges on Bedouins who smuggle the weapons from Jordan across the border into the West Bank, Iranian officials were cited as saying.
The officials told the Times that…
