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We aren't going to get that proof and you know it. That's a specious argument against. To get it would require the cooperation of Iran and they - I'm really going out on limb here - would just tell us to piss off. So we can't get that evidence. Just because we can't get to the proof doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Modern day terrorists are much like old age pirates and privateers. Pirates worked on their own for their own goals, but privateers worked under the table with a nod and a wink from a government. Privateers received supplies and monetary support from government just like we see now. We see this with the Taliban getting help from Pakistan's ISI. It may go higher than that but we can't be certain. This Iranian terror plot is just another example of privateering.
The advantage of privateering/terrorism is that getting proof of governmental support is damn near impossible. That government can easily disavow any association and the soft-headed will simply accept that denunciation.
A big difference though is that the victims of pirates, or their potential victims, didn't side with the pirates.