BRIEF  ON  IRAN, No. 192
        Monday, June 19, 1995
        Representative Office of
        The National Council of Resistance of Iran




        3421 M Street NW #1032, Washington, DC 20007


Speech Of Barred Iranian Exile Leader Read At Rally, The
Associated Press, June 16

         DORTMUND, Germany - About 15,000 people rallied
against Iran's fundamentalist regime on Friday and
listened to a speech by an opposition leader who was
barred from entering Germany.
         The Iranian National Council of Resistance has
accused the German government of succumbing to
pressure from Tehran in announcing Tuesday that it was
denying entry to the leader, Maryam Rajavi.
         The Rajavi's speech, which called for resistance to
the Iranian government, was transmitted by satellite to
Iran....


Iranian Dissident Leader Urges Embargo of Tehran,
Reuters, June 16

        DORTMUND, Germany - An Iranian dissident leader,
barred by Bonn from addressing a rally in Germany,
appealed by video on Friday for an international economic
embargo against Tehran's Islamic fundamentalist
government.
        Maryam Rajavi, designated by the Paris-based
National Council of Resistance of Iran as the country's
future president, told exiled compatriots the time had
come to turn up the economic pressure on Tehran.
        "An embargo against this regime is a demand of the
Iranian people who do not want to see their national
wealth and natural resources plundered by the mullahs
and their revenues spent on suppression and the export of
fundamentalism and terrorism," she said in a live
transmission shown on a large screen....


Rajavi Challenges Mullahs to Hold Free Elections in Iran,
June 16

        NCR President, Massoud Rajavi, said that:
        The magnificent gathering of Iranian compatriots in
Dortmund, Germany, to hear the speech of the Iranian
Resistance's President-elect, Maryam Rajavi... indicated
the support of the overwhelming majority of the people of
Iran for President Maryam Rajavi and the democratic
alternative....
        Such an unprecedented meeting convening 4,000
kms away from the Iranian borders, ... shows that if the
people of Iran enjoyed freedom of choice and action in
their country, how they would have risen up in support of
this President....
        Now, if the terrorist-religious dictatorship denies
this truth, it should accept to hold a free presidential
election with sufficient guarantees and under the auspices
of the United Nations. Without doubt, in such an election,
the criminal mullahs will be swept away into the dust
bin....


Rajavi Urges G7 Leaders to Impose Complete Embargo on
Mullahs, Excerpts from Mr. Rajavi's telegram to the G7
leaders, June 16

        The unabated flow of petro-dollars to the treasury of
this medieval dictatorship has supplied it with the funds
to cover the heavy expenses of suppression of the Iranian
people, export of insecurity, terrorism, fundamentalism,
opposition to the peace process, and stockpiling of
conventional and unconventional weapons.
        ... This is why the decisive move by the US to impose
a trade embargo on the regime was extensively welcomed
by the Iranian people.
        Contrary to the regime's propaganda, this embargo is
to the detriment of only the regime and Iranians have
nothing to lose. Even though only a week has past since
the practical implementation of the embargo, the mullahs'
regime is according to reports of European experts caught
up in dire political and economic straits, NCR President
added.
        On the other hand, the Iranian people have actively
shown their support for the Resistance's call for the
establishment of democracy by staging large uprisings in
various cities, despite the vast suppression, mass
executions and public hangings in Iran's streets.
        Certainly, in the absence of foreign aid to this regime
the Iranian people and Resistance will be able to settle
their accounts with the Khomeini regime and establish
democracy in Iran much faster.


Summit Leaders Vow Not To Help Iran Build N-Bomb,
Reuters, June 17

        HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - The Group of Seven rich
nations and Russia vowed on Saturday not to help Iran
acquire nuclear weapons and called on Tehran to reject
"terrorism."
        "We call on all states to avoid any collaboration with
Iran which might contribute to the acquisition of a nuclear
weapons capability," the Group of Seven rich nations, plus
Russia, said in a statement at the conclusion of their
summit....
        In their joint statement, the leaders also urged Iran
to withhold help from guerrilla groups opposed to the
Middle East peace process....
        The leaders said they agreed to cooperate to counter
the threat of terrorism and had asked an experts' group to
report back to them before next year's summit of
industrial countries in Lyon, France....
        The summit also increased the pressure on Iran to
drop its death sentence against British author Salman
Rushdie....