BRIEF ON IRAN
No. 385
Friday, April 5, 1996

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



Mullahs Stand Firm on Their Terrorist Activities, Agence France
Presse, April 3

        According to diplomatic sources in Europe, Iran stood "firm" on
its position during troika meetings.  The sources added that troika has
obtained "useful revelations" regarding Tehran's method on terrorism
and Middle East peace process...
        Iranian authorities and diplomatic circles in Europe have
maintained their silence regarding this visit, and the members of
troika have refused to have any contact with the press...


Tehran Plans to Terrorize Europe, Iran Zamin News Agency, April 4

        According to British daily Evening Standard Iranian regime is
about to carry out a wave of terror in Europe.  The daily wrote that
intelligence agents believe that Iranian secret service are transferring
a shipment of explosives and bomb-making equipment to Europe.
Therefore, European Police and intelligence systems are on alert.


German Parliament Demand Change in Mullahs' Behavior, German DLF
Radio, April 3

        Spokesman for the social-democrat caucus of federal parliament
on foreign affairs, conditioned future relations with Iran on its
behavior regarding international terrorism.
        Fogged said to this end, the political leadership of this country
must clearly distance itself from terrorist activities.
        In addition, they must prosecute those Iranians who have
committed such violent acts.  Fogged emphasized that it was also
necessary that Tehran would not support terrorism by other countries
from now on.


Iran slams Arab Ties with "Malignant Tumor Israel," Reuters, April 4

        TEHRAN - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khmenei has
warned Arab nations about setting up ties with Israel, which he called
a "malignant tumor," Tehran radio said on Thursday.
        "The malignant tumor Israel...is using the weakness of some
Arab governments to set up economic ties with them to try to get to
the Islamic world's economic lifelines and, like a parasite, draw to
itself the economic capacities of the Moslem nations," Khamenei was
quoted by the state-run radio as saying.
        Iran on Wednesday protested to Oman and Qatar over Israeli
Prime Minister Shimon Peres's landmark visit to the Gulf Arab states,
the newspaper Iran said on Thursday.
        It said the Omani and Qatari ambassadors were summoned
separately to the Foreign Ministry and told the visit threatened Iran's
"borders and national security."...
        Iran's Islamic leaders say Israel has no right to exist and
strongly oppose the Middle East peace process which they reject as a
sellout of Palestinian rights.


Permanent Critical Situation, French Monthly Afrique-Asia, April '96

        ... It is not an accident that pro-Rafsanjani murderers killed three
Mojahedin's activists in Baghdad and Istanbul in the same day that
elections farce was held.  These murders, of course if needed,
demonstrate the fragility of the regime in the face its sole alternative
that is seriously threatening its existence....