The Sri Lanka Easter Bombings Prove Trump Is Right About Iran

Iran-sponsored terror is the biggest threat in the Middle East.

Hassan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session 28 September 2015. United Nations, New York (UN Photo/Loey Felipe)

The spate of attacks in recent years on religious places of worship are a source of deep distress to a world already spinning from as escalation of extremist violence.

Though it takes many forms, one such form is the remaining influence of ISIS. Though USA Today has a point that the Sri Lanka Easter bombings show President Trump is wrong on ISIS, that same publication must admit that the terrorist bombings have also been linked directly to the Iranian Islamist State.

“Sri Lanka Easter bombings show President Trump is right about Iran.” There, I fixed your headline. The Wall Street Journal says it even better: Sri Lanka Bomber Trained in Syria With Islamic State. Investigators have established the first direct links between the terror group and the Easter assault they have claimed credit for.

But to understand Iran, first you have to look back just a bit.

Iran prior to 1979’s Islamic Revolution. (photo: Nevit Dilmen)

Before and After: Iran 1979

Before 1979, everything was different in Iran. Few women donned the religious…