BRIEF  ON  IRAN, No. 242
        Representative Office of
        The National Council of Resistance of Iran
        Wednesday, August 30, 1995



        3421 M Street NW #1032, Washington, DC 20007


Deterioration of Conditions in Iran-UN Commission,
Agence France Presse, August 28

        Iran's official news agency reported that Iran
considers its condemnation by the U.N. Human Rights
Commission to be "in contradiction with the United
Nations norms."...
        For the 35th time [that a U.N. body has condemned
Tehran's Regime] since 1981, the U.N. Human Rights
subcommission in Geneva condemned Iran for its violation
of human rights and passed a resolution which criticizes
"deterioration of conditions" in that country.
        The resolution takes note of "increase in the number
of public hangings, stoning to death, persecution of
religious minorities and bloody repression of last April's
peaceful demonstration in Tehran."
        The subcommission's resolution also calls on Iran to
end "its involvement in murder and terrorist attacks"
abroad and calls for inquiry into the assassination abroad,
in May and July, of five members of Iranian opposition
which reportedly involved Tehran's agents.
        The resolution condemned "the excessive use of the
death penalty, numerous cases of torture and
discrimination against women."

Ensure that Death Comes Only after Much Suffering,
Associated Press, August 29

        LONDON - ...A declaration adopted two years ago by
171 nations at the U.N. World Conference on Human Rights
in Vienna said the rights of women and girls  "are an
inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal
human rights."
        A number of Muslim nations, including Iran and
Sudan, want to modify that statement to say cultural
differences must be respected. Human rights groups
oppose that, saying countries use such phrases to restrict
human rights....
        Two Iranian women accused of corruption were
stoned to death in December, the size of the stones
prescribed by law  "to ensure that death comes only after
much suffering,"  according to the human rights group
Women Living Under Muslim Laws, based in France.


Germany, Iran Expulsions, Voice of America, August 29

        The first reports broke Saturday when an Iranian
newspaper reported the German government had ordered
the expulsion of two Iranian diplomats for spying on
Iranian dissidents.
        Sunday, an Iranian newspaper reported the Tehran
government had ordered two German diplomats to leave
the country, saying they had been engaged in activities
breaching diplomatic norms.
        Newspaper reports quoting Iranian exile sources
said the two Germans, identified as Matthais Gutzeit and
George Stollenwerk, were being expelled in retaliation for
the expulsion of the two Iranians.
        German officials at first denied reports the Iranians
had been thrown out.  Officials later declined any
comment on the matter.
        But Tuesday, both sides offered clarification of the
incident. German officials said they could confirm an
Iranian report that two Iranian diplomats had recently
left Germany because their term in office had come to an
end....


Lack of Hard Currency Causes 15,000 New Cars to Rust in
Iran Customs, Reuters, August 29

        TEHRAN - An Iranian newspaper said on Tuesday
that 15,000 cars, stopped by tough customs rules, were
rusting away on open docks in the hot and humid Gulf
port city of Bandar Abbas....
        According to official figures, cash-strapped Iran cut
imports by 68 percent to about 9,000 cars in the last
Iranian year that ended on March 20. South Korea,
Germany and Japan were the top exporters....