Iran’s Threat to US National Security

In addition to China and Russia, don’t forget Iran

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters affiliated with Iran's separatist Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), man a position near town city of Altun Kupri (Perdi), north of Kirkuk, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on Nov. 23, 2022. Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian warned on Nov. 23 that Tehran would continue to act against 'threats' from abroad, following a series of Iranian cross-border strikes on Kurdish opposition groups based in Iraq. Safin Hamed/AFP via Getty Images

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While Russia is dominating headlines with the Ukraine invasion and China’s economic, political, and military expansion is being monitored closely, Iran-sponsored terrorism remains the third largest challenge, according to the U.S. intelligence community.