[allmendream]

Targeted assassinations are not now and never will be “terrorism”.

Terrorism seeks to influence opinion and politics through terrorizing a populace.

These guys are NOT trying to terrorize the Iranian populace - they are trying to bring down the Mullah regime.

They are revolutionaries and assassins - but not terrorists.

[Theoria]

The 'Terrorism' is from prior actions.

It is a common method by intelligence agencies to use such groups, ie jundallah.