BRIEF ON IRAN, No. 259 Representative Office of The National Council of Resistance of Iran Monday, September 25, 1995 3421 M Street NW #1032, Washington, DC 20007 Mullahs Buy Vital Material for Making Nuclear Bomb, Reuters, September 23 LONDON - China has sold Iran vital uranium processing equipment needed to build nuclear bombs, The Sunday Telegraph said. The paper, citing confidential reports, said China stepped in after Russia bowed to pressure from U.S. President Bill Clinton and failed to deliver a gas centrifuge system. Iran has instead bought a Chinese alternative -- a calutron system that uses an electro-magnetic method to enrich uranium. Chinese scientists have been working at a complex at Karai, 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Tehran, the paper said. Iran has consistently insisted that it is developing its nuclear industry for peaceful purposes only. But a British nuclear weapons expert cited by the paper said: "We know the Iranians have the technical expertise and now they have the material. If they want to build a bomb, they can do so." Rafsanjani Attacks U.S., United Press International, September 22 ATHENS - Troops from the Iranian armed forces paraded through Freedom Square in Tehran Friday to mark the 15th anniversary of the start of the eight-year war with Iraq, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said.... Rafsanjani, in a speech before the parade, ... scoffed at new economic sanctions against Iran by U.S. President Bill Clinton -- in effect since June -- which the official said was based on U.S. "immature thinking." "The Islamic Republic of Iran is too strong to be harmed by such policies," Rafsanjani said. Algeria Accuses Iranian Regime of International Terrorism, Reuters, September 24 PARIS - Algeria lashed out at Iran saying on Sunday it had nothing but scorn for an Iranian proposal for dialogue between Algiers's army-backed government and its Moslem militant enemies. "Algeria brings up its all-out scorn for the talks (proposal) which underlines once again the propensity of Iran's rulers to meddle in others' affairs," the Algerian state-run radio said on Sunday in a commentary.... The radio said [Tehran's Foreign Minister] Velayati's remarks "translate clearly Iran's involvement in organizing destabilization of Algeria through encouragement and material support of international terrorism and armed groups active in the country." "Algeria replies to the Iranian authorities by demanding that they should first respect the concepts which they are trying to teach Algeria and organize, if they could, a free and legal expression of views by the Iranian citizens," it added. Algeria cut diplomatic links with Iran two years ago to protest what it called Iranian government backing for Moslem militants fighting the secular Algerian government. Iranian Hijacker Explains Move, Associated Press, September 21 EILAT, Israel - The Iranian flight attendant who hijacked a passenger plane to Israel with 175 people aboard said Thursday he was desperate to flee Iran's repressive government. "I believe the people of Iran do not deserve to be in such an oppressed situation," said Reza Jabari, 29. "I wanted to make it public and announce it to the world. "I had no intention of harming the passengers or the crew," Jabari said in an interview with The Associated Press at the Eilat police station.... Jabari told the AP he was worried the Iranian authorities would try and hurt the mother, three brothers and sister he left behind.... Tehran Conducts Military Wargames, Reuters, September 23 NICOSIA - Iran started infantry exercises in a northern forest and its naval forces held their second day of a planned four-day amphibious maneuver in the Gulf on Saturday, the Iranian news agency IRNA said. IRNA said helicopters, aircraft, tanks, artillery units and 5,000 troops were taking part in the exercises in the Golestan forest. The exercises named Nasr-1 and the sea maneuvers were both aimed at maintaining combat readiness, the agency said.