Reaffirming Iran remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism.

Reaffirming Iran remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism.

Whereas the Islamic Republic of Iran remains the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism and provides substantial financial and military support to groups including Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis;

Whereas the Islamic Republic of Iran poses a direct and persistent threat to the United States and is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American citizens;

Whereas, according to the Pentagon, Iranian backed proxy militias are responsible for the deaths of at least 603 United States servicemembers in Iraq, roughly 1 in every 6 American combat fatalities in Iraq from 2003 through 2011;

Whereas the Iranian regime is responsible for executing dozens of assassination plots targeting American citizens and serving government officials on United States soil;

Whereas Tehran continues to harbor a network of senior al-Qaeda leaders, providing them with sanctuary space to fundraise in support of its fighters;

Whereas, in January 2024, United States servicemembers, Sergeant William Jerome Rivers, Specialist Kennedy Ladon Sanders, and Specialist Breonna Alexsondria Moffett were killed in an Iranian backed proxy attack on Tower 22 in Jordan;

Whereas the regime’s refusal to abandon its nuclear program and related missile and conventional weapons activities further resulted in the reimposition of 6 United Nations Security Council Resolutions targeting the Iranian regime in September 2025; and

Whereas, according to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, Iran has amassed a large stockpile of enriched uranium and continues to block access to undeclared sites in Iran affiliated with their “big, ambitious nuclear program”: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the House of Representatives declares it is the policy of the United States that Iran continues to be the largest state sponsor of terrorism.