BRIEF ON IRAN No. 380 Friday, March 29, 1996 Representative Office of The National Council of Resistance of Iran 3421 M Street NW #1032 Washington, DC 20007 Mullahs' Minister Accused of Terrorist Activities in Austria, Saudi Al- Riyadh, March 21 An Austrian daily accused Ali Fallahian, Iran's Minister of Intelligence, for complicity in assassination of [Iranian] Kurdish leader, Dr. Abdolrahman Ghasemlou and two of his associates on July 13, 1989 in Vienna... Fallahian is also considered responsible for assassinations of a number of opposition leaders by Germany's judiciary... Kurier notes that intelligence information reveal that an Iranian diplomat..., who was working in Iranian consulate during 1989-1992 in Vienna, had direct ties to this terrorist operation. His ties with Iranian secret service had brought him to a close relationship with Ali Fallahian. This murderer could escape under diplomatic immunity of the embassy, preventing the Austrian security forces from arresting him... Turkish security service is also pointing at the same diplomat, who has been working in the Tehran's consulate in Istanbul, for a recent assassination in Turkey by Iranian-backed terrorists. Terrorist Group in Jordan Related to Mullahs, Al-Hodouth, March 26 Jordanian daily, Al-Hodouth, reported about discovering a terrorist group in Jordan that is related to Islamic Republic of Iran. It wrote that the group members, arrested by Jordanian security forces, have confessed that through support of Iranian leaders, they smuggled arms into the country. The objective of this operation was to damage the Israeli interest and tourism in Jordan.... It is worth mentioning that Jordanian government recently expelled an Iranian diplomat and three weeks ago its Minister of Interior, in a formal meeting with Rafsanjani's envoy, warned against mullahs' terrorist operation in Jordanian territory.... Mullahs' Diplomat Involved in Terrorism in Turkey, Radio Israel, March 26 Two weeks after the arrest of the leader of Hezbollah group in Turkey, the daily Melliyet in an exclusive report described the ties between the arrested individual and four Iranian diplomat in Turkey... According to this report, the leader of Hezbollah in Turkey has confessed to receiving arms, including side weapons, semi-heavy weapons, Uzzy, grenade, and mortar-shell from Iranian diplomats... Result of Mullahs' Rule: Iran the Gateway for Fifth of World's Heroin, Reuters, March 28 ANKARA - Turkish security forces seized 3.4 tonnes of heroin in 1995, more than a fifth of all the heroin taken worldwide, narcotics enforcement officials said on Thursday. "We are a major transit country," said national drugs squad chief Ismail Caliskan. "It comes from Pakistan and Afghanistan via Iran and then on to the West," he told Reuters.... Caliskan said that more than a quarter of the foreigners arrested for drug-trafficking in Turkey last year were Iranians. Tehran Ignores Saudi Warning, Reuters, March 28 DUBAI - Saudi Arabia said on Thursday that it would punish anyone carrying political or ideological books, publications and pictures at the annual Moslem pilgrimage, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.... Iran vowed this month that its pilgrims would defy the Saudi ban and hold rallies to denounce the United States and Israel at the haj, due to start in about one month. U.S. Concerned About Iran's Chemical Weapons, United Press International, March 28 Any nation that attacks American troops with chemical weapons will be devastated by the U.S. military response, which could include a nuclear strike, Clinton administration officials said Thursday.... Christopher highlighted Iran, which the United States accuses of supporting international terrorism and attempting to acquire atomic arms, as a major source of concern to Washington on the chemical weapons front. "Iran is engaged in a major effort to develop its chemical arsenal," he said. "And we believe that some 20 countries already have, or may be developing, chemical weapons."... Flood in Iran Kills 14 People and Destroys 34 Villages, Associated Press, March 28 TEHRAN - At least 14 people have been killed and three injured in recent days by floods in several provinces, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported Thursday. The floods, caused by heavy rain, killed 13 people in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, and one person in Saveh in central Iran, the agency reported. Also in Khuzestan, 34 villages were flooded when the Jarahi, Karkhe and Karoun rivers burst their banks, IRNA said....