BRIEF  ON  IRAN,No. 254
        Representative Office of
        The National Council of Resistance of Iran
        Monday, September 18, 1995



        3421 M Street NW #1032, Washington, DC 20007


Air Force Major Refuses to Return Home, Defects to
Iranian Resistance, from a statement by the Secretariat of
the NCR - Paris, Sept. 15

        Rome, Italy - Major Nasser Akbari, an Iranian Air
Force officer, sent a letter today to Mr. Massoud Rajavi,
President of the National Council of Resistance, and
announced his support for the Council.
        Major Akbari who refused to return to Iran, was a
member of the Armed Forces' Shooting Team as well as
the Iranian national team, who came to Italy to
participate in the first Olympics of the World's Armies
(CSIM). The Olympics began on September 5.
        In his letter to Mr. Rajavi, Nasser Akbari wrote:
"Today the crimes of the mullahs' regime and the
repression prevailing Iran is so much that any form of
silence against the ruthless rulers contradicts humanity
and patriotism. Any other solution but full fledged
struggle against this inhuman regime is inconceivable."
        "The majority of the honorable people of Iran are
impatiently counting the days for the overthrow of this
regime, particularly after the election of Mrs. Maryam
Rajavi as Iran's future President," Major Akbari said in his
letter.
        Major Akbari is married with two children.
        The National Council of Resistance is a coalition of
democratic Iranian opposition groups who strive to
replace the mullahs' regime with a pluralist government.
The NCR acts as the Resistance's parliament. In an early
August session this year, the Council increased the
number of its committees to 25. The NCR committees are
the bases of the future coalition government.


Congressional Panels Probe Use of U.S. Data in Russia-Iran
Deal, The Washington Times, September 15

        The House and Senate intelligence oversight
committees are investigating whether secret U.S. data
supplied to Moscow on Iran's nuclear program has been
compromised, after disclosure of new links between the
Russian and Iranian spy services.
        CIA Director John Deutch said after a speech to the
National Press Club on Tuesday that he is concerned about
Russian intelligence training provided to five agents of
Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). He did
not elaborate....
        The links have raised concerns about growing
relations between Russia and Iran, especially Russian
support for MOIS agents, who have been tied to
international terrorist groups....


Algeria Accuses Tehran of Terrorist Activities, Associated
Press, September 16

        NICOSIA, Cyprus-... Algerian Prime Minister
Mokdad Sifi was quoted Thursday by the London-based,
Arabic-language al-Quds al-Arabi daily as saying that
behind the militants' ``knives the shadows of Tehran's
mullahs are seen as well as the shadows of the swindlers
of Khartoum's preachers.''
        The Algerian government has in the past accused
Iran and Sudan, both ruled by Islamic governments, of
supporting militants fighting to topple it.
        At least 30,000 people have been killed in political
violence in Algeria since January 1992, when the army-
backed authorities canceled general elections which the
fundamentalist Islamic Salvation Front was poised to
win....


Iran Cleric Urges Mass Action Against "Immorality",
Reuters, September 15

        TEHRAN - A senior Iranian cleric on Friday urged
Moslem militants to organize mass actions, such as
blocking traffic, to enforce Islamic rules of clothing and
behavior.
        "If people see a newlyweds' car...and the situation
does not fit moral...and religious norms, what is wrong if a
few young Hizbollah members...stand in front of it and
block it?" Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said in a mass prayer
sermon broadcast on state-run Tehran radio.
        Jannati, who is well known for his fiery rhetoric,
was referring to some brides who appear in public in
western-style bridal gowns....
        "Just like when some people block roads for their
material demands...people should block traffic for
legitimate goals," Jannati said....
        Jannati, a member of the Guardian Council which has
veto right over parliament, in August supported an arson
attack on the offices of the publishers of a novel accused
of immorality.
        Hizbollah groups have increased their activity in the
past few weeks....