BRIEF ON IRAN	 
	Representative Office of 
	The National Council of Resistance of Iran           
	No. 438	
	Thursday, June 20, 1996 
 
 
	3421 M Street NW #1032, Washington, DC 20007 
 

U.S. House Passes Iran Sanctions, The Associated Press, June 19 
 
	WASHINGTON — The House unanimously approved 
new sanctions against Iran and Libya Wednesday that would 
punish foreign companies that invest in the two nations, both 
accused of sponsoring terrorism. 
	The legislation is backed by the administration but has 
drawn criticism from European countries... 
	The bill, passed 415-0, lists six possible sanctions 
options against Iran and requires the president to impose at least 
two on any person or business that invests $40 million or more in 
one year in Iran's energy sector. 
	The Senate passed a similar bill last December... 
	"This bill, in short, will require foreign companies to 
choose between investing in our market or those of Iran and 
Libya," said Rep. Benjamin Gilman, R-N.Y., chairman of the 
House International Relations Committee.... 
	"We've said in the past that we could support it," State 
Department spokesman Nicholas Burns said. "We think it's very 
important to isolate Iran economically, and here we have a 
difference of opinion with some of our allies in Europe."... 
 
 
Iranian Resistance Lauds House Sanctions Against Mullahs, The 
Iran Zamin News Agency, June 19 
 
	A statement issued today by the National Council of 
Resistance of Iran said that Mr. Massoud Rajavi, President of the 
NCR sent a telegram to House Speaker Newt Gingrich, 
congratulating him on this courageous initiative.  
	He described the U.S. representatives' unprecedented 
consensus as indicative of the lack of legitimacy of the mullahs' 
religious, terrorist dictatorship. 
	Mr. Rajavi stressed that: "Though it is very necessary to 
exercise decisiveness against this regime, experience has shown 
that the recognition of the Iranian people's just Resistance 
against the Khomeini regime is an inevitable precondition for the 
establishment of democracy in Iran and tranquillity in the region. 
This Resistance and its President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, 
enjoy the support of the greater majority of the Iranian people." 
 
 
Household Appliances Price Hike, Radio Israel, June 18 
 
	Today, Tehran newspapers wrote about the sharp 
increase in the price of household appliances produced inside the 
country and reported that the price of these products has risen by 
60%.... 
	The price hike occurs at a time when, earlier this year, 
the industry executives had indicated a decrease in the prices due 
to increase in production of the household appliances. 
 
 
Iranian People's Dreams, Evenement du Jeudi, June 12 
 
	...The reality and frustration of the [Tehran] 
government has created a deep fissure between the people and 
the clerics. The excitement of the early years of revolution has 
dissipated.... 
	Pressed between the country's economic bankruptcy and 
post-war depression, the Iranians, have only one dream today: 
peace and overthrowing of the government. Contradictory wishes 
which they contemplate only in silence and quiescence, because 
the state's terrorism, above anything else, has internal usage. 
	This terrorism is a constant point of dependence for the 
regime. Every year inside Iran, thousands and thousands are 
killed, disappeared, arbitrarily arrested, tortured and executed. 
	In a country where 40% of the population is under 20 
years of age, the rulers are increasingly faced with difficulties in 
controlling the people.... 
	The list of assassination of dissidents abroad includes 60 
cases, 37 of which occurred in Europe, including 10 in France. 
All of the assassinations are designed by the National Security 
Council, that has President Rafsanjani and ...Khamenei as its 
members.  
	The Ministry of Intelligence carries out the operations 
using Qods commandos. They enjoy active cooperation of Iran's 
embassies and consulates abroad.... 
 
 
Fatal Accidents in Iran, Agence France Presse, June 18 
 
	In two separate accidents involving two trucks and two 
passenger buses in the Torbat-Heidariyeh region of Khorasan 
province, 29 people lost their lives. 
	Both accidents occurred in head-on collisions while the 
trucks were passing other automobiles on their left. 
	Each year more than 30,000 accidents are reported in 
Iran which results in the death of 3,000 people. The adverse 
conditions of the roads in Iran and human error are considered 
the main cause of the accidents.