Outwardly, Iran has often been relatively cautious, but, at the covert level, it has been the world’s leading sponsor of terror. Sometimes individual Iranian officials may have acted on their own to order and coordinate specific operations; they will now feel freer to do so.
从表面上看，伊朗从来都相对谨慎，但暗地里它一直是世界恐怖主义的主要支持者。有时，伊朗官员会以个人的名义下令或协调具体的行动；他们现在就更可以放开手脚了。