BRIEF ON IRAN, No. 286 Representative Office of The National Council of Resistance of Iran Thursday, November 2, 1995 3421 M Street NW #1032, Washington, DC 20007 Norwegian Publisher of Salman Rushdie's Book Met Mrs. Rajavi, N.R.K., Norwegian National Television, October 31 "A charismatic personality," said William Nygaard [the Norwegian publisher of Salman Rushdie's "Satanic Verses" who was wounded by mullahs agents] about the exiled Iranian president Maryam Rajavi. They met in Oslo tonight. Tonight hundreds of Iranians hailed Norway and their own leader, Maryam Rajavi. In the Municipal Building, she asked individuals from a wide spectrum of Norway's society, including William Nygaard, to support her case. Maryam Rajavi: "I have stated that I believe [the attack against Nygaard] was certainly one of the actions of the mullahs' terrorist-diplomats." Nygaard: "Maryam Rajavi is a very charismatic person and, in my view, she has an excellent opinion about how Islam can work as a religion in a democratic society, and there is no contradiction between Islam and democracy, and thus, the human values. This is an opinion that we very well understand." On the steps of the Municipal Building, Rajavi met her compatriots; however, they could not come very close since she is one of the most attractive targets in the world for terrorists. Unrest Continues in Iranian Universities and High Schools, from a statement by the Secretariat of the NCR - Paris, November 1 According to reports from Isfahan (central Iran), unrest continues in this city's Industrial University. Students of Isfahan's Industrial University have staged a series of protests and strikes since October 10 which continue to date, news coming from Isfahan say. Simultaneously, flyers and brochures in support of the Iranian Resistance's President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, have been distributed throughout the campus and in dormitories. On October 24, the suppressive security forces arrested six students. Another two were arrested last week. The fate of the eight arrested students is unknown. The atmosphere at Isfahan's Industrial University is very tense. The students demand lifting of various official restrictions and dissolution of the Islamic associations and other suppressive agencies that enforce repression on campus and spy on Resistance sympathizers. With the beginning of the new academic year, the mullahs' regime stationed the Bassij forces and special units of the Guards Corps in the downtown streets and near some of the most famous high schools in Tehran to confront outbreak of student protests.... In a meeting yesterday with the officials of the Intelligence Ministry, Rafsanjani admitted that the regime today faces "the most vehement hostility." Issuing new instructions for massive clampdown on popular demonstrations, he described the role of the informers and torturers of the Intelligence Ministry as "important and vital". Iran Rally Demands Revenge Against Israel and U.S., Reuters, November 1 TEHRAN - Thousands of Iranians shouting "revenge, revenge" on Wednesday held an anti-Israeli rally in Tehran to commemorate the assassinated Palestinian militant leader Fathi Shqaqi.... The demonstrators ... blamed Israel and the United States for the death of the Islamic Jihad leader Shqaqi, gunned down last Thursday in Malta.... Speakers were interrupted by chants of "Death to Israel and America" and the demonstrators cheered as an Israeli flag was set on fire.... Music Corrupts the Youth-Khamenei, Reuters, Nov. 1 TEHRAN - "Nihilism and Beatle-ism" have ravaged Western youth, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday, urging the young in Iran to keep to Islamic values.... He urged young people in Iran to remain committed to Islam and its moral values.... Iranian newspapers have in the past few months warned that Western popular culture and music trends such as "heavy metal" and "rap" were becoming popular among many Iranian youths.... Khamenei in September issued a fatwa, or religious ruling, saying music classes corrupted youngsters. Several large state-run cultural centers have since canceled their music classes, Iranian press reports said.