Has Pakistan supplanted Iran as the leading terror sponsor?

For decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has had the dubious honor of being the world’s leading state sponsor of terror. After the State Department released the most recent State Department “Country Reports on Terrorism,” Nathan Sales, the State Department’s coordinator for counterterrorism, told reporters: “[Iran] brings to its terrorist activities the resources of a state,” adding, “Iran uses terrorism as a tool of its statecraft.”

While the Iranian regime deserves American and international opprobrium for its terror support, Pakistan is increasingly giving Iran a run for its money in terms of terror sponsorship.