BRIEF  ON  IRAN
No. 204
Friday, July 7, 1995

Representative Office of
The National Council of Resistance of Iran
3421 M Street NW #1032
Washington, DC 20007



Iran Said to be Spying in Germany, Reuters, July 6

          BONN - Long after the end of the Cold War, Russia continues to
put huge efforts into spying in Germany, closely followed by Middle
Eastern countries such as Iran and Syria, Germany's counter-
intelligence agency said on Thursday...
          In its annual report, the Federal Office for the Protection of
the Constitution (BfV) said... Middle Eastern countries... focus their
intelligence activities on their own citizens in exile and on
procurement of weapons and advanced technology.
        The BfV devoted a large section of its report to Iran, which it
said put extensive efforts into spying on members of exiled
opposition groups with a view to making them give up their
opposition to Tehran's Islamic government or return home.
        Iran was also working hard to obtain technical information and
goods with military uses to support what the BfV called a long-
standing goal of independently developing atomic and chemical
weapons of mass destruction, the BfV said...


WOMEN


United Nations' Conference, Israeli radio, June 30

        Following the objection of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
Communist China and several other countries, the United Nations
decided to ban participation of 19 women's rights groups in the
World Conference in Beijing. 701 non-governmental organizations
from many countries will be participating in the conference to be
held next fall.


More Execution of Women, Israeli radio, July 2

        Iranian circles in Europe today said the Islamic Republic is
planning the public stoning of two women in near future, on the
charge of illicit relations... The two women, Saba Abdoli and Zeinab
Haydari, were caught on May 8 and are going to be stoned in
upcoming days in the city of Ilarn Gharb.


INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM


Mullahs Training Terrorists, Alhayat, July 2

        A Russian specialist has accused Iran and several Islamic
countries that they are cultivating fundamentalism in central Asian
countries.
        The Interfax news agency quoting this expert said Iran in
contrast to the moderate countries is depending on the terrorist
groups opposing the governments in central Asia...  And added that
the Iranian intelligence service is taking advantage of the situation in
borders, specifically of Uzbakestan, and dispatches money,
mercenaries and advocates.
        This expert did not say through which country these actions
take place, since Iran does not have any common borders with
Uzbakestan...


Iran a Sanctuary for Terrorism, La Point, Paris, July 1

        For the first time, Hamas, the fundamentalist Palestinian
movement, received training in Iran, where a leader of the
organization, Emad Al-Alami, resides after deportation from Jordan
last April.  Eight of them passed some training in Sudan before their
three months in Iran...


Iran Doubles Funding of Islamist Networks, Agence France Presse,
June 15

        The TTU strategic Information weekly believes that the Iranian
National Security Council has recently allocated 3 billion dollars to 20
fundamentalist movements, who call themselves radical Islamists,
and are mostly present in the Arab countries.
        According to a secret letter exposed in Paris, "This budget
which has doubled in one year, is a return to the radical policy which
had been moderated since 1989 by President Rafsanjani."
        From among the parties and movements which receive aid, TTU
named, "Palestinian Hamas ($30 million), PFLP-GC of Ahmad Jebrail
($3 million), Islamic Jihad of Fat-hi Shaqaqi in Palestine, Hezbollah in
Lebanon ($10 million pot month), Movement of Islamic Unity
(Tripoli), Islamic Society (Tripoli, Seida), Fatah Intifada of Aba
Moose."
        According to the TTU, "Iran aids four fundamentalist groups in
Egypt, some through the refugee movements in the United States
(Sheikh Abdul-Rahman), five Islamist organizations in Iraq and the
Popular Arab and Islamic Congress in the Sudan."