Iran and state-sponsored terrorism

Israeli media report that high-ranking officials in their country have pointed to the Quds Force, one of five branches of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), specializing in unconventional warfare and military intelligence, is behind the foiled plot to bomb a Jewish restaurant and an attached cultural and religious center in Athens.

Washington ordered the departure of non-emergency government employees from Iraq on May 15, after repeated U.S. expressions of concern about threats from Iranian-backed forces.