BRIEF ON IRAN
        Representative Office of
        The National Council of Resistance of Iran
        No. 427
        Wednesday, June 5, 1996



        3421 M Street NW #1032, Washington, DC 20007


Mullahs' Terrorism in Jordan, United Press, June 4

        Jordan has foiled more than 40 terrorist attacks
planned against government officials and Israeli tourists
by groups based in Syria and funded by Iran, officials said
Tuesday.
        Jordanian security and government officials, all of
whom spoke on condition of anonymity, told United Press
International a large but unspecified number of suspects
have been arrested in these attempted attacks....
        [A security] source did not identify the groups to
which the suspects are thought to belong, but did say the
suspects belong to "small groups, not the big militant
groups known to carry out attacks"....
        A Jordanian official said terrorist attempts began
soon after Jordan and Israel signed a peace treaty on Oct.
26, 1994, ending more than 45 years of hostilities, but the
number of planned attacks had increased in recent
months....


Bahrain Arrests 44 over Tehran Plot, Reuter Reports, June
4

        Bahrain on Tuesday announced the arrest of 44
people in connection with an alleged pro-Iranian plot to
overthrow the government, and the Shura consultative
council voiced support for all steps to preserve security.
        Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Khalifa al-
Khalifa told the Shura that 34 suspects had already
confessed before an investigating judge and the others
were still being questioned, the official Gulf News Agency
(GNA) reported....
        The island's rulers received telephone calls from
leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
condemning alleged Iranian interference in its internal
affairs and pledging full support....
        The United States on Tuesday expressed support for
Bahrain and said it took seriously allegations that Iranian-
backed militants had tried to overthrow the government of
the Gulf sheikhhdom....
        State Department spokesman Glyn Davies said
Washington took the Bahrain government's allegations
"very, very seriously."
        "Iran's involvement with terrorist activities in the
region is well-known, and of course, it's also well-known
that they've established links with oppositionist parties in
Bahrain," Davies told a news briefing....
        "We would view with great concern any external
effort to destabilize that government or to compromise its
economic and social development, and as importantly, its
recently announced political reform."
        [In a statement issued Tuesday, the National Council
of Resistance of Iran said that Mr. Massoud Rajavi,
President of the NCR, condemned the terrorist conspiracies
and meddling of mullahs' religious, terrorist dictatorship in
Bahrain.]


France Issues Arrest Warrant For Iranian, United Press,
June 4

        Authorities issued an international arrest warrant
Tuesday for an Iranian man arrested last week by German
police in connection with the killing of a former Iranian
Cabinet minister, judicial sources said.
        Reza Mazlouman ... was found dead at his Paris
apartment on May 28 with bullet wounds to the head and
chest.
        On Thursday, police in Bonn arrested Harmad
Jeyhouni, who told German authorities he visited
Mazlouman shortly before his body had been found, but
denied killing him, judicial sources said.
        Police are also looking for another suspect who had
been with Jeyhouni at Mazlouman's apartment, the sources
said....
        The opposition National Iranian Resistance Council
last week implied that the Tehran government was behind
his killing, saying "the religious and terrorist authorities in
Iran...commit such crimes to cover their problems."...


Rafsanjani's Absence, Radio Israel, June 3

        According to foreign reporters in Tehran, when
Khamenei went to the podium today at Khomeini's grave to
give a speech, he was accompanied by Majlis speaker, Ali
Akbar Nateq-Nouri and Rafsanjani was not with them.
        The experts described Rafsanjani's absence as
another proof of Khamenei's comprehensive support for
Nateq-Nouri, who belongs to the traditional right wing and
is against any tendency toward modernization in Iran.


Iran Enters Oil Deal, Europeans Laud, US Objects, Reuters,
June 4

        Iran stormed into the Caspian Sea oil world on
Tuesday by taking a stake in a multi-billion dollar
project....
        While the European oil companies in the $4.1 billion
deal lauded the inclusion of Iran, some U.S. government
officials have said that they are not pleased.
        "The U.S. position is well-known," said a Western
energy official in a recent interview on the subject.
        "We do not want to see Iran in any of these projects
because of its record on terrorism." The United States
considers Iran a sponsor of international terrorism....