The Iranian Government has faced armed opposition from a number of groups, including the MEK (which the U.S. Government added to its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations in 1999), the People's Fedayeen, and the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI).
===Global networkWorld domination===Gradually since the 1980s, the Islamic Republic has been actively involved in its global spread.
In recent years it has become more emboldened.<ref>[https://www.hudson.org/research/9807-iran-takes-on-the-world Iran Takes on the World] Jamsheed K. Choksy, ''The Hudson inst.''</ref> ====Apocalyptic motivation, goal in world domination==== Their Islamic messianic creed is the raison d'être for the Islamic Republic of Iran according to its founders and leaders.<ref>[https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/the-fall-of-soleimnai-and-the-mahdi-doctrine-615654/amp The fall of Qasem Soleimani and the Mahdi Doctrine], ''Jpost,'' Jan 29, 2020</ref> ''They believe the Shia messiah known as the “Twelfth Imam” or the “Mahdi” will appear soon to establish a global Islamic kingdom''.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/why-irans-top-leaders-believe-that-the-end-of-days-has-come.amp Why Iran's Top Leaders Believe That the End of Days Has Come], ''Fox News,'' Nov 7, 2011.</ref> Shiite Iran (and its Hezbollah), and the Sunni ISIS, both believe that any moment now their "messiah", will appear. Iran and ISIS are both eager to hasten the coming of their Mahdi.<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/09/radical-islam-iran-isis-apocalytpic-messiah-mahdi/amp/ Radical Islam? Apocalyptic Islam Poses the Greater Threat], ''NRO'', Sep 11, 2015</ref> ====Global network==== The Islamic Republic works through its proxies: in the [[Middle East]], <ref>[https://www.rand.org/blog/2019/10/irans-proxies-are-more-powerful-than-ever.html Iran's Proxies Are More Powerful Than Ever], ''RAND'', Oct. 16, 2019.</ref><ref>[https://www.csis.org/war-by-proxy War by Proxy: Iran’s Growing Footprint in the Middle East], ''CSIS'' Briefs, March 11, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/hezbollah-revolutionary-irans-most-successful-export/amp/ Hezbollah: Revolutionary Iran's most successful export], ''Brookings Institution,'' Jan 17, 2019</ref> such as: [[Hezbollah]], [[Houthis]], "Palestinian" [[Islamic Jihad]], it is strongly [[Hamas]] linked. Its bases of operations in [[South America]] works through Hezbollah network, via local Arab-Muslims in the community in: [[Venezuela]], [[Maicao]]/ [[Colombia]]n/Venzuelan border; Tri-State border area in [[Argentina]]/[[Brazil]]/[[Paraguay]]). In recent years it has even expanded its TV channel in Spanish.