BRIEF ON IRAN
No. 301
Tuesday, November 28, 1995

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


Car Bomb Explodes Near Mojahedin's Central Office, from statement by
NCR, November 27

        At 11:20 PM Sunday, November 26, a taxi, parked near the
central office of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran in central
Baghdad around the Andalus square, blew up....
        Shortly after the explosion, Mr. Massoud Rajavi, President of the
National Council of Resistance of Iran, sent a telegram to the United
Nations Secretary General and the Security Council, calling on them to
urgently address the crimes of the religious, terrorist dictatorship
ruling Iran. He stressed that in the face of the Iranian people's
increasing discontent and protests and the impressive advances of the
Iranian Resistance at home and abroad, the mullahs have found the
only recourse in suppression, terror and export of terrorism beyond
Iran's borders....
        ... Mr. Rajavi added: This was the mullahs' 36th terrorist attack
against the Mojahedin on Iraqi territory during the past three years....
        The Mojahedin... calls on the Iraqi government and responsible
officials to immediately pursue this flagrant crime, search for,
prosecute and punish the terrorists and close down the mullahs' nest
of terror and espionage in the Iraqi capital.
        It is worthy of note that in its September 22 statement, copies of
which were  forwarded to competent international officials and bodies,
the Mojahedin office in Baghdad had warned that the Khomeini regime
is preparing the stage for new terrorist attacks against the Mojahedin
on Iraqi soil and that, to this end, the Pasdaran had transferred large
amounts of weapons and ammunition to the Iraqi Kurdistan to be used
with the help local mercenaries in terrorist assaults against the
Mojahedin deep inside Iraqi territory.


Bomb Explodes at Baghdad Office of Iranian Group, Reuters, November
27

        BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded on Sunday night near the
headquarters of the Iranian opposition Mujahideen Khalq in central
Baghdad....
        Mujahideen Khalq spokesman Farid Suleimani blamed staff from
the Iranian embassy in Baghdad.
        "The Iranian embassy in Baghdad is directly behind this attack,
as it was behind previous attacks against mujahideen in Iraq," he said.
        This is the third attack on Mujahideen Khalq this year. On July
10, three of its members were shot dead while driving in central
Baghdad. The second attack was in
May when two women from the organization were also shot dead
north of Baghdad....


Rajavi Calls for Public Trial of Murderers of a Mojahedin Member,
from statement by NCR, November 27

        Subsequent to the arrest by the Turkish police of a number of
the kidnappers, torturers and murders of Mr. Akbar Ghorbani, a
member of the Mojahedin organization, Mr. Massoud Rajavi, President
of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, sent a telegram to the
Turkish Prime Minister, calling for a public trial of the terrorists,
wherein the Iranian Resistance's representatives, including the family
of Mr. Ghorbani could participate.
        In his telegram, Mr. Rajavi said: In repeated interrogation
sessions, torturers dispatched from Tehran severed Mr. Ghorbani's
nose and genitals and pulled out his nails. Owing to his refusal to
cooperate with them, they finally executed him in Turkey.
        The NCR President added: This barbaric crime and many similar
cases, including abduction and murder of Iranian dissidents as well as
assassination of the Resistance's activists, reflect before anything else
the unprecedentedly and astoundingly free rein the clerical regime's
terrorists enjoy in your country. This is a matter which has been
exacerbated due to frequent security agreements between your
government and the Tehran regime's intelligence officials, first and
foremost victimizing Iranian asylum-seekers....


Rafsanjani Increases "Defense" Budget, Associated Press, November 26

        According to Associated Press, Tehran Radio reported that
Rafsanjani presented his $46.1 billions budget for the next  year to the
parliament.
        Based on this plan the "defense" appropriations would be about
$1.9 billions, which is 30% more than the current budget.
        The predicted revenue of the government for the next year is
estimated at $18.1 billions, half of which would be earned from oil
exports.