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Iranian Resistance Calls for Condemnation of Mullahs'
Murder of Youngster in Tehran, from a statement by NCR,
April 12

        Eyewitnesses say that last night, the clerical regime's
suppressive Pasdaran and agents raided an apartment in
west Tehran and assaulted the residents and their guests at
the premises. They threw Alireza Farzaneh, who was
celebrating his 23rd birthday, off the balcony on the 18th
floor, causing his horrific death.
        Following their savage murder, the criminal Guards
fled the scene and the innocent victim's body remained on
the ground for several hours.
        The committing of such atrocities against the
defenseless people on a daily basis in Iran is the other side
of coin of the regime's assassination of Iranian dissidents
abroad and its jubilation over the massacre of innocent
civilians in terrorist explosions.
        Engulfed by irremediable political, social and
economic crises, Khomeini's illegitimate regime has found
unbridled repression, widespread arrests and blatant
murder of ordinary citizens as the only recourse to confront
the growing wave of popular discontent and protests.
        The National Council of Resistance draws the attention
of international human rights bodies, especially the United
Nations Commission on Human Rights, to the mullahs'
barbaric crime last night and calls for the condemnation of
this shocking murder and attacks by the regime's
suppressive agents on helpless citizens.


Coming Attractions, Mullahs' Style, Agence France Presse,
April 14

        Iran's Organization of Islamic Propaganda announce
that after two years of efforts by its artistic section, a movie
will be made soon about the British author, Salman
Rushdie's life.
        The name of the movie is "Gradual Death."
        The movie's theme is about Rushdie's psychological
state after he went into hiding.
        The Organization of Islamic Propaganda hopes for
shooting the picture to start this year, since a huge amount
of money has been spent on its script, so far.


Iran Zigs and Zags, Associated Press, April 14

        TEHRAN - ...The theocratic rulers remain committed
to a brand of Islam with heavy anti-Western overtones. But
ideology constantly clashes with attempts to revive a
faltering economy, end international isolation and meet the
aspirations of Iran's fast-growing, youthful population.
        In the U.S. view, Iran is a dangerous, rogue state that
sponsors terrorism, seeks to build nuclear weapons and
aims to export its brand of militant Islam. The Americans
have accused Iran of supporting the recent wave of suicide
bombings in Israel, touching off a fresh round of
recriminations between Washington and Tehran....
        Iran produces about 3.6 million barrels of oil a day,
sufficient to keep the economy chugging, but not enough to
bring prosperity.
        Inflation is running at 50 percent or more. A typical
monthly salary in Tehran of about 300,000 rials ($100) is
barely enough to cover the rent. There are lines day and
night outside government shops selling subsidized milk,
cheese, bread and meat....


Religious Suppression under Mullahs, Voice of America,
April 12

        In February, reports that an member of the Baha'i
faith In Iran had been sentenced to death galvanized
expressions of American outrage, including a strong rebuke
from the U-S State Department. Iran's supreme court has
since rejected the Islamic revolutionary court verdict. But it
was just the latest incident in a pattern of repression by
Iran against its Baha'i minority since the overthrow of the
Shah in 1979....
        Since the beginning of the Iranian Revolution in the
late 1970s, more than 200 Baha'is in Iran have been killed
and thousands imprisoned....