in reply to Unruffled [they/them]

For a long time the claim was that it's only terrorism when non-state actors do it. If a state does it, it's not terrorism by definition.

Then the loyal dogs in the EU declared in January that an official branch of Iran's own military is a terrorist organization, so I guess the old definition is defunct. It basically just means "outlaw" or "designated bad guy" rather than having a real definition.