Iran is not alone in attacking others by proxy through unofficial or clandestine means, Teribus. The USA also does that, and has done it a great deal over the past few decades.

So it's a case of the pot calling the kettle black to point out that Iran does that. Yeah, they can and they do. They engage in proxy warfare. Of course. They're in good company when it comes to that. The USA absolutely loves engaging in proxy warfare whenever and wherever it sees fit, and the USA once used Iraq as a proxy to try to destroy Iran's system completely...but failed. Do you think the Iranians don't remember that? Do you think they don't feel justified in doing similar things in return?

It's because you think that Iranian activities are by definition wholly "evil" and that the USA's activities on the other hand are "good" that we have a difference of opinion about the matter. ;-)

I think that Iran and the USA are BOTH engaging in evil activities...for very similar reasons...they both want to hurt their "enemies". They both want to win. They are both armoured by their own utter chauvinism and moral blindness. They live in a similar state of paranoid delusion, but on opposite sides of the fence, that's all.

They both imagine themselves to be the defender of truth, justice, and all that is noble, I'm sure....not to mention defenders of the One True Faith. I have little sympathy with either of them, as governments, but I sympathize with their common citizenry who might happen to get caught in the crossfire.