BRIEF ON IRAN
No. 314
Friday, December 15, 1995

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


Rajavi Congratulates  Peace Accord in Bosnia-Herzegovina, From
statement by NCR, December 14

        Mr. Massoud Rajavi, President of the National Council of
Resistance of Iran, today congratulated all nations of the former
Yugoslavia and presidents Alija Izetbegovic, Franjo Tudjman, and
Slobodan Milosevic, on the signing of the historical peace accord in
Paris which formally ended four years of bloodshed, pain and
suffering in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
        Mr. Rajavi described the development as "another victory for
peace over war and intolerance" and expressed the hope that a lasting
peace will ensure welfare, prosperity, human rights and democracy for
all peoples of Bosnia.
        In congratulating all international mediators, particularly
President Bill Clinton and President Jacques Chirac, who helped put an
end to the greatest political and military crisis of this era, the NCR
President added: I am convinced that by replacing the present
dictatorship in Iran with a democratic, secular and pluralist
government, my nation will also be able to  contribute to global peace
in an active, effective and constructive manner.


Nuclear Helping Hand for Iran, The Washington Times, December 13

        While the Clinton administration's foreign policy focuses on
Bosnia, serious new trouble is brewing in an old source of international
tensions - Iran.
        According to reliable information recently received in
Washington, the Tehran regime has expanded its secret nuclear
development program to the point where it has reached a highly
dangerous stage.
        Thanks to assistance from China, Iran is on the verge of
acquiring the ability to produce enriched uranium - the material used
to construct atomic weapons.
        Although China reportedly has told the administration that it no
longer will help Iran in nuclear development, the flow of assistance
continues, according to information smuggled out of Iran by persons
opposed to the current government in Tehran.
        With China's help, a cyclotron - a machine used to produce
enriched uranium - has been constructed at a nuclear facility in Karaj,
some 25 miles south of Tehran.
        The information about the cyclotron has been obtained by the
National Council of Resistance of Iran, also known as Iranian
Mujahideen.  Information previously obtained by the organization
about Iran's security decisions, support for terrorism, nuclear
development and military activities has proved accurate.
        Indeed, many members of Congress consider the organization,
which is the major Iranian resistance movement, to be the most
credible source of information about what is happening in Iran....
        ...  It is frightful to contemplate the possibility that such a
weapon might end up in the hands of the fanatical terrorists
sponsored by Iran....
        But China is not the only power aiding the Iranian nuclear
development program, Russia, too, continues to assist, most lately by
sending 100 nuclear experts to Iran.  In the coming months, additional
Russian nuclear scientists are expected to arrive at a site in Southern
Iran known as Bushehr.
        Hereto fore it had been known that the Iranian have nuclear
programs at 10 different locations.  The latest information also reveals
there is an 11th site in development - with Chinese assistance - south
of the city of Tabriz.  The complex, made with reinforced concrete, is
said to be under construction near a facility operated by the Iranian
highway patrol.
        In the future, however, such sites could become much more
difficult to find.  Concerned about nuclear intelligence leaking to the
West, the Tehran regime wants to camouflage its nuclear facilities.
        ... Iran is planing huge underground storage sites and intends to
disguise nuclear facilities as factories producing industrial goods.
        The Clinton administration, like its predecessors, has recognized
the menace posed by Iran and taken further steps to isolate her.
        Obviously, this tactic has been partially successful in terms of
hindering Iranian economic development.  But U.S. policy has not
prevented Iran's continued violations of human rights, its campaign to
subvert Middle East peace pr, and its sponsorship of terrorism.
        ... Stiffening U.S. economic sanctions could be the first step.
Bringing more pressure on France and other European nations to stop
trading with Iran could be another.
        The administration is undoubtedly correct in concentrating for
now on bringing peace to the Balkans.  But the threat to the United
States from continuing warfare in the former Yugoslavia is minor
compared to what could occur if Iran or any other rogue state
managed to get its hands on a nuclear weapon.